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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following information, including the text of the exhibit attached hereto, is furnished pursuant
to Items 2.02 and 9.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or incorporated by reference
in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On October&nbsp;13, 2008, Waste Management, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release regarding, in
addition to the matters discussed in Item&nbsp;7.01 hereof, the Company&#146;s preliminary financial results
for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2008. The full text of the Company&#146;s press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.</DIV>

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Board of Directors of Republic Services, Inc. to acquire all of Republic&#146;s outstanding common
stock.</DIV>

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    <TD align="left">Date:      October 14, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>For Further Information:<BR>
Waste Management, Inc.<BR>
Analysts: Jim Alderson &#151; 713.394.2281<BR>
Media: Lynn Brown &#151; 713.394.5093<BR>
Web site: http://www.wm.com</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WMI # 08-20</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Waste Management Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2008<BR>
Earnings Per Diluted Share Above Wall Street Expectations</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Company Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Republic Services</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>HOUSTON &#150; October&nbsp;13, 2008 &#150; </B>Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) today announced preliminary revenue
and earnings per diluted share results for the third quarter of 2008. Waste Management expects to
report revenues of $3.53&nbsp;billion, a 3.6% increase compared with the third quarter of 2007.
Reported earnings for the third quarter of 2008 are expected to be $0.62 per diluted share, and
after adjusting for certain items noted below are expected to be between $0.62 and $0.63 per
diluted share. The low end of the range, $0.62 per diluted share, exceeds the Wall Street consensus
estimate of $0.60 per diluted share and is a 15% increase over the reported results for the third
quarter of 2007 of $0.54 per diluted share, with no net change as a result of adjustments.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">David P. Steiner, Waste Management&#146;s CEO, stated, &#147;Our preliminary third quarter 2008 revenue and
earnings per diluted share results reflect the strength of our operations and our continued ability
to meet or exceed our financial objectives. We certainly believe that our strong cash flow and our
strong balance sheet provide certainty to investors in an uncertain time. In addition, our cash
flow and cash receipts continue to be strong. We currently have over $500&nbsp;million of available
cash and liquid investments, all of which are invested in U.S. Government obligations.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company also announced that it is withdrawing its proposal to acquire all of the outstanding
shares of Republic Services, Inc. for $37 per share. Steiner commented, &#147;When we began this
process, we said that we would be a disciplined buyer and that we would not risk our strong
financial position to acquire Republic. Given the current state of the financial markets, we
believe that it would not be prudent to continue to pursue the acquisition of Republic. Our focus
will remain where it has always been&#151;on providing strong and stable returns for our investors. Our
third quarter results reflect that our actions over the past five years continue to pay off, and
this progress will position us well to continue to perform even in an economic downturn.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company noted the following items that impacted the preliminary results for the third
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    <TD>An after-tax reduction of approximately $0.03 per diluted share related to the cost
of the labor disruption in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area including more than a $0.02 per
diluted share charge related to that location&#146;s bargaining unit agreeing to our proposal
to withdraw the bargaining unit from the Teamsters&#146; under-funded Central States pension
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company noted the following items that impacted the results for the third quarter of 2007:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As previously announced, the Company plans to release its full financial results for the third
quarter of 2008 prior to the opening of the stock market on October&nbsp;30, 2008 and will host a
conference call that day to discuss in detail the quarter&#146;s results. The expected third quarter
operating results in this release are preliminary and subject to management and the Company&#146;s
auditors completing their quarterly closing review procedures.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Waste Management, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste
management services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides collection,
transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. It is also a leading developer,
operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States.
The Company&#146;s customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers
throughout North America.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Cautionary Statement Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Information</I>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>This press release contains a discussion of earnings per diluted share, as adjusted for the items
noted herein, which is a non-GAAP measure, as defined in Regulation&nbsp;G of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. The Company reports its financial results in compliance with GAAP, but
believes that also discussing non-GAAP measures provides investors with (i)&nbsp;additional, meaningful
comparisons of current results to prior periods&#146; results by excluding items that the Company does
not believe reflect its fundamental business performance and (ii)&nbsp;financial measures the Company
uses in the management of its business.</I>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information</I>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>This press release contains forward-looking statements. In addition, the Company, and others on
its behalf, in the future may make statements that constitute forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements that the Company makes are the Company&#146;s expectations, opinions, views
or beliefs at the point in time of issuance but may change at some future point in time. By issuing
estimates or making statements based on current expectations, opinions, views or beliefs, the
Company has no obligation, and is not undertaking any obligation, to update such estimates or
statements or to provide any other information relating to such estimates or statements. Outlined
below are some of the risks that the Company faces and that could affect our financial statements
for 2008 and beyond and that could cause actual results to be materially different from those that
may be set forth in forward-looking statements made by the Company. We caution you not to place
undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. The risks
that we face include the following:</I>
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    <TD><I>the accounting review of our third quarter of 2008 is not complete and there could be
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