SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                                  June 28, 1996
                                 Date of Report
                        (Date of Earliest Event Reported)


                       CONTINENTAL WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


   Delaware                        0-22602                   11-2909512
(State of Incorporation)     (Commission File No.)         (IRS Employer 
                                                       Identification Number)



                           67 Walnut Avenue, Suite 103
                             Clark, New Jersey 07066
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)



       Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (908) 396-0018





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Item 2.           Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On July 1, 1996, Continental Waste Industries, Inc. (the "Company") entered into
a definitive  agreement  to purchase  all of the stock of Recycling  Industries,
Inc.  and  Statewide  Environmental  Contractors,  Inc. and all of the assets of
Lomac Realty (the "Acquisition").  These three companies are all affiliated with
each other,  have  combined  revenues of  approximately  $13 million and all are
engaged in the waste management  business in central New Jersey,  which business
the Company intends to continue to operate.

The Company paid $3.2 million in cash,  issued  555,512  shares of the Company's
common  stock,  issued $3.0 million in Notes  payable to the Sellers and assumed
$3.5  million  of  debt  for the  Acquisition.  The  Company  will  record  this
transaction  as a  purchase.  The cash  portion  of the  purchase  price for the
Acquisition was paid using proceeds of an advance under the Company's  revolving
credit facility led by LaSalle National Bank.

Item 5.           Other Events.

On June 27, 1996, the Company entered into a definitive  agreement to merge with
and into a newly-formed,  wholly-owned  subsidiary of Republic Industries,  Inc.
Under the terms of the  proposed  merger,  each  share of the  Company's  common
stock,  $0.0006 par value per share,  outstanding  on the effective  date of the
merger will be converted into 4/5ths of a share of common stock, $0.01 par value
per share, of Republic Industries (the "Merger").

The Merger,  which  Republic  Industries  expects to account for on a pooling of
interests  basis,  is subject to  approval  by the  Company's  shareholders  and
various other customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

The Company's three largest shareholders, Carlos E. Aguero, Thomas A. Volini and
First Analysis Corporation,  as general partner of each of Environmental Venture
Fund Limited Partnership, Apex Investment Fund and the Productivity Fund Limited
Partnership  (the  "Management  Shareholders"),   who,  in  the  aggregate,  own
(directly or indirectly)  approximately 5% of the Company's  outstanding  common
stock,  have agreed that at the time a definitive  merger agreement is executed,
they will each  deliver to Republic  irrevocable  proxies with respect to all of
the shares owned by them which will enable  Republic to vote all of these shares
in favor of the Merger.

Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Below is a list of the financial statements, pro forma financial information and
exhibits to be filed in connection with this report:

     (a)  The combined financial  statements of Recycling  Industries,  Inc. and
          Statewide  Environmental  Contractors,  Inc.  are  not  available  for
          submission. Those financial statements will be filed within 75 days of
          July 1, 1996.

     (b)  The pro forma  financial  information for the Company and the combined
          Recycling Industries,  Inc. and Statewide  Environmental  Contractors,
          Inc. are not available for submission. Those financial statements will
          be filed within 75 days of July 1, 1996.

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Exhibits

No.               Description

2.1  Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Republic Industries,  Inc., RI/CW
     Merger Corp.  Continental Waste  Industries,  Inc. and Thomas A. Volini and
     Carlos E. Aguero, dated June 27, 1996.

2.2  Acquisition  Agreement by and among  Continental  Waste  Industries,  Inc.,
     Statewide Environmental Contractors, Inc. and the Stockholders of Statewide
     Environmental Contractors, Inc., dated April 11, 1996

2.3  Acquisition  Agreement by and among  Continental  Waste  Industries,  Inc.,
     Recycling  Industries,  Inc. and the Stockholders of Recycling  Industries,
     Inc., dated April 11, 1996

2.4  Agreement  of Sale between  Lomac  Realty and Karat Corp.,  dated April 11,
     1996.

2.5  Override Agreement Respecting Closing Consideration among Continental Waste
     Industries,  Inc., CWI of NJ, Inc.,  Statewide  Environmental  Contractors,
     Inc., Recycling Industries, Inc., Lomac Realty, Mary Lemmo, Nicholas Lemmo,
     Maurice  Kirchofer,  Don J. Lotano,  Frank J. Lotano,  Arline M. Lotano and
     Joseph Lemmo, dated June 28, 1996.

2.6  Non-Compete Agreement (Schedule 2.2(k)) among Recycling  Industries,  Inc.,
     Continental Waste Industries,  Inc., Don J. Lotano, Frank J. Lotano, Arline
     Lotano (the "Stockholders") and among CWI, Stockholders,  Maurice Kirchofer
     and Joseph Lemmo, dated April 11, 1996.



                                    SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     CONTINENTAL WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.



                                     By:  /S/ Carlos E. Aguero    
                                        Carlos E. Aguero
                                        President and
                                        Chief Executive Officer


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                  June 28, 1996
                                 Date of Report
                        (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

                       CONTINENTAL WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

   Delaware                        0-22602                   11-2909512
(State of Incorporation)     (Commission File No.)         (IRS Employer 
                                                       Identification Number)

                           67 Walnut Avenue, Suite 103
                             Clark, New Jersey 07066
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

       Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (908) 396-0018

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Item 2.           Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On July 1, 1996, Continental Waste Industries, Inc. (the "Company") entered into
a definitive  agreement  to purchase  all of the stock of Recycling  Industries,
Inc.  and  Statewide  Environmental  Contractors,  Inc. and all of the assets of
Lomac Realty (the "Acquisition").  These three companies are all affiliated with
each other,  have  combined  revenues of  approximately  $13 million and all are
engaged in the waste management  business in central New Jersey,  which business
the Company intends to continue to operate.

The Company paid $3.2 million in cash,  issued  555,512  shares of the Company's
common  stock,  issued $3.0 million in Notes  payable to the Sellers and assumed
$3.5  million  of  debt  for the  Acquisition.  The  Company  will  record  this
transaction  as a  purchase.  The cash  portion  of the  purchase  price for the
Acquisition was paid using proceeds of an advance under the Company's  revolving
credit facility led by LaSalle National Bank.

Item 5.           Other Events.

On June 27, 1996, the Company entered into a definitive  agreement to merge with
and into a newly-formed,  wholly-owned  subsidiary of Republic Industries,  Inc.
Under the terms of the  proposed  merger,  each  share of the  Company's  common
stock,  $0.0006 par value per share,  outstanding  on the effective  date of the
merger will be converted into 4/5ths of a share of common stock, $0.01 par value
per share, of Republic Industries (the "Merger").

The Merger,  which  Republic  Industries  expects to account for on a pooling of
interests  basis,  is subject to  approval  by the  Company's  shareholders  and
various other customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

The Company's three largest shareholders, Carlos E. Aguero, Thomas A. Volini and
First Analysis Corporation,  as general partner of each of Environmental Venture
Fund Limited Partnership, Apex Investment Fund and the Productivity Fund Limited
Partnership  (the  "Management  Shareholders"),   who,  in  the  aggregate,  own
(directly or indirectly)  approximately 5% of the Company's  outstanding  common
stock,  have agreed that at the time a definitive  merger agreement is executed,
they will each  deliver to Republic  irrevocable  proxies with respect to all of
the shares owned by them which will enable  Republic to vote all of these shares
in favor of the Merger.

Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Below is a list of the financial statements, pro forma financial information and
exhibits to be filed in connection with this report:

     (a)  The combined financial  statements of Recycling  Industries,  Inc. and
          Statewide  Environmental  Contractors,  Inc.  are  not  available  for
          submission. Those financial statements will be filed within 75 days of
          July 1, 1996.

     (b)  The pro forma  financial  information for the Company and the combined
          Recycling Industries,  Inc. and Statewide  Environmental  Contractors,
          Inc. are not available for submission. Those financial statements will
          be filed within 75 days of July 1, 1996.

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Exhibits

No.               Description

2.1  Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Republic Industries,  Inc., RI/CW
     Merger Corp.  Continental Waste  Industries,  Inc. and Thomas A. Volini and
     Carlos E. Aguero, dated June 27, 1996.

2.2  Acquisition  Agreement by and among  Continental  Waste  Industries,  Inc.,
     Statewide Environmental Contractors, Inc. and the Stockholders of Statewide
     Environmental Contractors, Inc., dated April 11, 1996

2.3  Acquisition  Agreement by and among  Continental  Waste  Industries,  Inc.,
     Recycling  Industries,  Inc. and the Stockholders of Recycling  Industries,
     Inc., dated April 11, 1996

2.4  Agreement  of Sale between  Lomac  Realty and Karat Corp.,  dated April 11,
     1996.

2.5  Override Agreement Respecting Closing Consideration among Continental Waste
     Industries,  Inc., CWI of NJ, Inc.,  Statewide  Environmental  Contractors,
     Inc., Recycling Industries, Inc., Lomac Realty, Mary Lemmo, Nicholas Lemmo,
     Maurice  Kirchofer,  Don J. Lotano,  Frank J. Lotano,  Arline M. Lotano and
     Joseph Lemmo, dated June 28, 1996.

2.6  Non-Compete Agreement (Schedule 2.2(k)) among Recycling  Industries,  Inc.,
     Continental Waste Industries,  Inc., Don J. Lotano, Frank J. Lotano, Arline
     Lotano (the "Stockholders") and among CWI, Stockholders,  Maurice Kirchofer
     and Joseph Lemmo, dated April 11, 1996.

                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     CONTINENTAL WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                     By:  /S/ Carlos E. Aguero    
                                        Carlos E. Aguero
                                        President and
                                        Chief Executive Officer

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