These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of http://recyclingsimplified.com, including any microsites or mobile versions of the site or microsites (collectively the “Website”) operated by Republic Services, Inc. (“Republic Services”). Your access to or use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and results in a binding agreement between you and Republic Services. Each time you download Available Materials (as defined below) from the Website, you are acknowledging and agreeing to be bound by these Terms, as they may be modified from time to time. If you are accessing this Website on behalf of your company, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind your Company and to accept these Terms on your company’s behalf.

Republic Services’ Property

COPYRIGHT: All content included on this Website, such as HTML code, scripts, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, video, downloadable content, and audio (collectively, “Materials”), is Republic Services’ property or the property of Republic Services’ content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is Republic Services’ property or the property of Republic Services’ service provider or its suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

TRADEMARKS: Republic Services retains all rights regarding its trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, logos and trade dress (individually and collectively hereafter “Marks”). These Marks and all associated logos or images are registered and/or common law trademarks and are protected by U.S. and international laws and treaties.
Use of Republic Services’ Property

LIMITED LICENSE: Republic Services grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty free, revocable, limited license to download, reproduce, use, display and distribute any Marks and Materials available through this Website that Republic Services has enabled for user download (“Available Content”) for the sole purpose of non-commercial educational use, including customer education. You may not use the Available Content for any other purpose without the prior written consent of Republic Services. All Available Content must be used solely in the form in which it was made available on the Website, unless otherwise approved in writing by Republic Services. You may not modify, alter or adapt the Available Content nor use any Available Content in combination with any other trademark or service mark without prior written consent. Any unauthorized use terminates your limited license, and we may revoke this limited license at any time for any or no reason. All rights not expressly granted to you hereunder are reserved by Republic Services.

ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS: Republic Services reserves the right to object to any use of its Marks or Materials, and you agree that, upon being notified of such objection, you will take prompt action to cease or modify your use of the Marks or Materials in accordance with Republic Services’ direction. You agree that you will not dispute or contest, directly or indirectly, or do or cause to be done any act which in any way contests, impairs or tends to impair, Republic Services’ exclusive rights in and to the Marks and Materials or the validity thereof, and you will not assist others in doing so. Additionally, Republic Services reserves the right to remove Available Materials from the Website, at any time and without notice to you.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Republic Services has a no-tolerance policy regarding the use of our Marks or names in metatags and/or hidden text. Specifically, the use of our Marks or names in metatag keywords is trademark infringement, and the use of our Marks or names in page text, metatags, and/or hidden text for purposes of gaining higher rankings from search engines is unfair competition. You may not, without our express written consent, do any of the following: (a) link to any web page of this Website; (b) use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing our Marks or names; or (c) frame, inline link or utilize other similar techniques to associate or juxtapose any of our Marks or other Materials with advertisements and/or other information not originating from this Website.

Miscellaneous

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: THIS WEBSITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. REPUBLIC SERVICES MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE ON IT ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE, OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, COSTS OF REPLACEMENT, BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS, LOSS OF DATA OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION PRESENT, EVEN IF REPUBLIC SERVICES IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

DISPUTES: Any dispute between you and Republic Services concerning this Website or the Materials located on this Website shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration as the sole and exclusive remedy for such controversy or dispute, provided, however that Republic Services may commence action against you in a court of law for infringement of Republic Services’ intellectual property rights. BY AGREEING TO ARBITRATE, EACH PARTY IS GIVING UP ITS RIGHT TO GO TO COURT AND HAVE ANY DISPUTE HEARD BY A JUDGE OR JURY. Any claim required to be submitted to arbitration shall be made by filing a demand for arbitration within one (1) year following the occurrence first giving rise to the claim. The right and duty of the parties to resolve disputes by arbitration shall be administered exclusively by JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures then in effect. The decision and award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding and the award so rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitration shall be held and the award shall be deemed to be made in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America, or such other place agreed to by the parties. Each party shall bear all of its own costs of arbitration, except that the fees of the arbitrator shall be divided equally between the parties. The arbitrator shall have no authority to amend or modify these Terms or to award punitive or exemplary damages, and the award may be enforced by judgment in a United States Court of Law.

SEVERABILITY: If any provision in these Terms shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

APPLICABLE LAW: You agree that the laws of the State of Arizona, United States of America, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between us.

CHANGES TO TERMS: Republic Services reserves the right to change these Terms at any time, and in its sole discretion, by making modified Terms available via the Website. Your use of the Website after any such changes to these Terms are made available will constitute your acceptance of those changes.