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Waste Connections, Inc. announced that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008 and provide its outlook for 2009 after the close of the stock market on February 17, 2009. The Company will be hosting an investor conference call related to this release on February 17th at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time.

To access the call, listeners should dial 800-322-5044 (domestic) or 617- 614-4927 (international) approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and ask the operator for the Waste Connections conference call, Passcode # 12271182. A replay of the conference call will be available until February 24, 2009, by calling 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and entering Passcode # 40164462.

The call also will be broadcast live over the Internet at http://www.streetevents.com/ or through a link on our website at http://www.wasteconnections.com/. A playback of the call will be available at both of these websites. Copies of financial literature, including this release, are available on the Waste Connections website at http://www.wasteconnections.com/ or through contacting us directly at (916) 608-8200.

Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly secondary markets in the Western and Southern U.S. The Company serves approximately 1.8 million residential, commercial and industrial customers from a network of operations in 23 states. The Company also provides intermodal services for the movement of containers in the Pacific Northwest. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in September 1997 and is headquartered in Folsom, California.

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