Republic Services Employee Bonds with 3-Year-Old Boy

For one 3-year-old boy in Oakville, trash day is his favorite day of the week.

That's because every Thursday on trash day, Sam Miskovic gets to see his hero Fred Davenport, a waste hauler for Republic, in action. And the feeling is mutual: Davenport, pictured above with Sam and his mother Annie, surprised his buddy Sam before Christmas with his own mini trash truck.

Every day for more than a year, Miskovic and Sam have waited outside for Davenport's trash truck to come by. He began to expect them every week, and he always honks, waves and shows Sam his truck and how it dumps the trash in the back.