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Company Overview of Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.

Company Overview

Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., through its subsidiaries, collects, transports, treats, processes, recycles, and disposes commercial, residential, and municipal solid wastes and industrial wastes in the United States and Canada. It also offers waste-to-energy conversion, medical waste services, portable restroom services, and municipal and commercial sweeping operations. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Houston, Texas. As of July 31, 1999, Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Republic Services, Inc.

757 North Eldridge

Houston, TX 77079

United States

Founded in 1967

26,000 Employees

Phone:

281-870-8100

Fax:

281-589-7844

Key Executives for Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.

Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
Age: 58
Vice President and Secretary
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Age: 72
Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President
Age: 76
Vice President - Business Services and Corporate Controller
Age: 56
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2012.

Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. Key Developments

American International Group Inc. Files Suit against Republic Services, Inc., Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. and Allied Waste Industries, Inc

American International Group Inc. filed suit in New York Supreme Court on Jan. 9 against Republic Services Inc. and its predecessors, Browning-Ferris Industries Inc. and Allied Waste Industries Inc. National Union Fire Insurance alleges that Republic Services did not pay more than $15.8 million in premiums, expenses and fees in connection with workers' compensation liability, employer's liability, products liability, general commercial liability and auto insurance coverage provided to Republic Services and its predecessors. The agreements National Union Fire Insurance signed with Republic Services and its predecessors governed how the parties remit payment of various expenses, premiums, fees and collateral to National Union Fire Insurance. Republic Services and its predecessors refused to pay the amounts each owed and refused arbitration, as required under the agreements, National Union Fire Insurance alleges.

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