Exhibit 99.2


                                                    REPUBLIC CONTACTS
                               Media Inquiries:     Will Flower  (954) 769-6392
                               Investor Inquiries:  Tod Holmes   (954) 769-2387
                                                    Ed Lang      (954) 769-3591

                  REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL
                                  $125 MILLION
                            STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

         FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., October 29, 2001...Republic Services, Inc.
(NYSE: RSG) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the
repurchase of up to an additional $125 million of its common stock. The stock
repurchases may be made in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions
or a combination of both. The timing and amounts of any repurchases will be at
the discretion of management and will depend on many factors, including the
market price of the common stock and overall market conditions. The common stock
that is repurchased will be held in treasury.

         "Our stock repurchase program continues to be an excellent use of
Company resources," said James E. O'Connor, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Republic Services, Inc. "We believe the Company is undervalued and
that opportunities for acquisitions are limited. Our business outlook indicates
that, despite a slowing economy, the Company will generate substantial cash
flow. Therefore, we believe that purchasing shares of Republic Services is the
most effective means to deliver value to our shareholders."

         This stock repurchase program is in addition to the $50 million and
$100 million stock repurchase programs announced by the Company in July 2000 and
October 2000, respectively. The Company has repurchased to date under these
earlier programs approximately 8.9 million shares representing an investment of
approximately $144 million.

         The Company expects to fund its stock repurchase programs from free
cash flow. The Company reiterated its belief that it will generate $145 million
of free cash flow in 2001. The Company also reaffirmed its commitment to
maintaining its investment grade rating.



         Republic Services, Inc. is a leading provider of solid waste
collection, transfer and disposal services in the United States. The Company's
operating units are focused on providing solid waste services for commercial,
industrial, municipal and residential customers.

         Certain statements and information included herein constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Federal Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially
different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or
implied, in or by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among
other things, whether the Company's estimates and assumptions concerning its
selected balance sheet accounts, closure and post-closure costs, available
airspace, and projected costs and expenses related to the Company's landfills
and property, plant and equipment, and labor, fuel rates and economic and
inflationary trends, turn out to be correct or appropriate, and various factors
that will impact the actual business and financial performance of the Company
such as competition and demand for services in the solid waste industry;
dependence on acquisitions for growth; the Company's ability to manage growth;
compliance with, and future changes in, environmental regulations; the Company's
ability to obtain approval from regulatory agencies in connection with
expansions at the Company's landfills; the ability to obtain financing on
acceptable terms to finance the Company's operations and growth strategy and for
the Company to operate within the limitations imposed by financing arrangements;
the ability of the Company to repurchase common stock at prices that are
accretive to earnings per share; the Company's dependence on key personnel;
general economic and market conditions including, but not limited to, inflation
and changes in commodity pricing, fuel, labor and other variable costs that are
generally not within the control of the Company; dependence on large, long-term
collection contracts; risks associated with undisclosed liabilities of acquired
businesses; risks associated with pending legal proceedings; and other factors
contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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