Exhibit 10.17

                                               Executive's Name: _______________
                                                        Date: ____________, 1998

                                    AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                KEY EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENT


       THIS  AMENDMENT  ("Amendment"),  dated as of the date  set  forth  above,
supplements and amends the Key Employment and Severance Agreement,  dated August
15, 1995  ("Agreement"),  by and between  SUPERIOR  SERVICES,  INC., a Wisconsin
corporation ("Company"),  and the named executive set forth above ("Executive").
All defined  terms used herein and not defined shall have the same meaning as in
the Agreement.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

       WHEREAS,  pursuant to Section 19 of the Agreement,  the Executive and the
Company desire to supplement and amend the Agreement as  specifically  set forth
in this Amendment.

       NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  foregoing  and of the mutual
covenants and agreements herein set forth, and for other valuable consideration,
the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

       1. Section 1(h) of the  Agreement is hereby  amended and restated to read
in its entirety as follows:

       "(h)   Discretionary   Termination.   For  purposes  of  this  Agreement,
       `Discretionary  Termination'  means the determination by the Executive at
       any time during the ninety (90) day period  commencing  on and then after
       the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, as evidenced by the
       Executive's  delivery  to the Company of a Notice of  Termination  during
       such period (including  simultaneously with the occurrence of a Change in
       Control of the Company),  to terminate his  employment  hereunder for any
       reason whatsoever in his sole discretion, with or without good faith."

       2. The first paragraph of Section 1(o) of the Agreement is hereby amended
and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

       "(o)  Termination  Date.  For  purposes  of  this  Agreement,  except  as
       otherwise  provided in Section  10(b) and Section  17(a) hereof or as set
       forth below,  the term  `Termination  date' means (i) if the  Executive's
       employment  is terminated by the  Executive's  death,  the date of death;
       (ii) if the  Executive's  employment is terminated by reason of voluntary
       early

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       retirement,  as agreed in writing by the Company and the  Executive,  the
       date of  such  early  retirement  which  is set  forth  in  such  written
       agreement; (iii) if the Executive's employment is terminated by reason of
       disability pursuant to Section 12 hereof, the earlier of thirty (30) days
       after the Notice of  Termination  is given or one day prior to the end of
       the Employment period;  (iv) if the Executive's  employment is terminated
       by the Executive  voluntarily (other than for Good Reason),  the date the
       Notice of  Termination  is given;  (v) if the  Executive's  employment is
       terminated  by the  Executive  voluntarily  pursuant  to a  Discretionary
       Termination,  the  Termination  Date for  purposes  of the  payment  of a
       Termination  Payment  under  Section  9(b)  hereof  shall be the date the
       Notice of Termination is given to the Company,  but for any and all other
       purposes  (including for all purposes under all of the Executive's  stock
       option agreements with the Company),  the effective  Termination Date for
       employment termination hereunder and for all other purposes shall be such
       date as is  specified  by the  Executive  in his  Notice of  Termination,
       provided that such specified date shall not be more than ninety (90) days
       after the date of the Change in Control of the  Company;  and (vi) if the
       Executive's employment is terminated by the Company (other than by reason
       of disability pursuant to Section 12 hereof) or by the Executive for Good
       Reason,  the earlier of thirty (30) days after the Notice of  Termination
       is  given  or one  day  prior  to  the  end  of  the  Employment  Period.
       Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  ..." [Remainder of existing Section 1(o)
       to remain as written in Agreement.]

       3. The first  paragraph of Section 9(b) of the Agreement shall be amended
and restated in its entirety as follows:

       "(b)  Termination  Payment.  The  Termination  Payment shall be an amount
       equal  to  the  average  of the  Executive's  annual  total  compensation
       reportable  by the  Company on Form W-2  (i.e.,  base  salary  plus bonus
       amounts  and all other  taxable  compensation)  over the five (5)  fiscal
       years of the  Company  immediately  prior to the Change in Control of the
       Company (with such  compensation  annualized for any initial partial year
       of  employment)  multiplied by three (3);  provided that if the Executive
       has been employed by the Company for less than three (3) years,  then the
       Termination Payment shall be an amount equal to the highest amount of the
       Executive's  annual total  compensation for any year during the period of
       his  employment  by the  Company  prior to the  Change in  Control of the
       Company multiplied by three (3). Except as otherwise provided herein, the
       Termination  Payment shall be paid to the Executive in cash no later than
       ten (10) business days after the Termination Date; provided, however, the
       Termination  Payment  shall  be paid to the  Executive  immediately  upon
       receipt  by  the  Company  of  a  Notice  of  Termination  relating  to a
       Discretionary  Termination (regardless of any differing effective date of
       the  Executive's  employment  termination).  The  Executive

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       shall not be required to mitigate the amount of the  Termination  Payment
       by securing  other  employment  or otherwise,  nor will such  Termination
       Payment be reduced by reason of the Executive  securing other  employment
       or for any other reason.

       [Remainder of Section 9(b) shall remain as written in the Agreement.]

       4. Except as specifically set forth above, all other terms and conditions
of the  Agreement  shall  continue in full force and effect,  unaffected by this
Amendment.  This Amendment shall be effective for all purposes immediately as of
the date first written above.

       IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Executive and the Company have set their hands
hereto as of the date above.

                                 SUPERIOR SERVICES, INC.



_____________________            By: /s/Joseph P. Tate 
Executive                            Joseph P. Tate, Chairman of the Board


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