Commingled Conversation: Pete KellerCommingled Conversation: Pete Keller
A light-hearted Q&A with the vice president of recycling for Republic Services Inc.
March 10, 2012
Imagine if Aquaman had a knack for craft beers and was a diehard Patriots fan and you pretty much have Pete Keller, vice president of recycling for Republic Services Inc. Enjoy our informal Q&A with Keller to learn what makes him tick so that one day he may invite you to his undersea lair for a brew.
Waste Age: What is your pet peeve?
Keller: Mismatched office furniture and multi-colored collection fleets.
Waste Age: What is your idea of the perfect day?
Keller: Mismatched office furniture and multi-colored collection fleets.
Waste Age: What is your idea of the perfect day?
Keller: In Foxboro, Mass. with beer and sausage for breakfast and football in the afternoon.
Waste Age: What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Keller: “Keep things simple.”
Waste Age: What was the last book you read?
Keller: “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” by Patrick Lencioni.
Waste Age: What is your favorite movie?
Keller: The 1995 movie “The Usual Suspects.”
Waste Age: What is your favorite TV show?
Keller: “How It’s Made” on the Discovery Channel.
Waste Age: Beatles or Rolling Stones?
Keller: Rolling Stones.
Waste Age: What is the strangest piece of trash you’ve ever come across?
Keller: Imagine anything – I’ve seen it.
Waste Age: Do you prefer the beach or mountains?
Keller: I prefer the beach.
Waste Age: What is the one thing you couldn’t live without?
Keller: My family.
Waste Age: If you could invite three people — living or dead — to a dinner party, who would they be?
Keller: Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Babe Ruth.
Waste Age: If you weren’t serving in your current role, what would you like to be?
Keller: A brew master.
Waste Age: What is your favorite sports team?
Keller: The New England Patriots.
Waste Age: If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Keller: I’d like to be able to breathe underwater.
Waste Age: What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve done?
Keller: I’ve traveled up Class 5 rapids; requires lots of horsepower.
Waste Age: What’s the one talent you have that not many people know about?
Keller: I can juggle better than most.
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