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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Ryan Mary
(Last) (First) (Middle)
745 McClintock Drive, Suite 305
(Street)
Burr Ridge IL 60521
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
March 21, 1997
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person
(Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
American Disposal Services, Inc. (ADSI)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all
applicable)
_X_ Director _X_ 10% Owner
_X_ Officer (give title below) ___ Other (specify below)
Vice President - Corporate Affairs
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class (Over)
of securities beneficially owned SEC 1473 (7-96)
directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one
reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
FORM 3 (continued)
Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, $.01 par value
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)
4,000
3. Ownership From: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
D
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g.,
puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible
securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative
Security (Instr. 4)
Title Amount or Number of Shares
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or
Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
6. Name of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Explanation of Responses:
Reporting person became an officer on March 21, 1997.
/s/ Mary Ryan April 10, 1997
Mary Ryan Date
**Signature of Reporting Person
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6
for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of
information contained in this form are not required to respond
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SEC 1473 (7-96)
