News Releases

FOLSOM, CA, October 1, 2010 - Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) announced that it will report financial results for the third quarter of 2010 after the close of the stock market on October 19, 2010.  The Company will be hosting an investor conference call related to this release on October 20th at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

To access the call, listeners should dial 866-770-7129 (domestic) or 617-213-8067 (international) approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and ask the operator for the Waste Connections conference call, Passcode # 79392986.  A replay of the conference call will be available until October 27, 2010, by calling 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and entering Passcode # 58715774.

The call also will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.streetevents.com or through a link on our website at 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 atwww.wasteconnections.com or through contacting us directly at (916) 608-8200.

Waste Connections also announced that executives of the Company currently plan on presenting at the following events during the fourth quarter of 2010:

November 4th Goldman Sachs Global Industrials Conference (New York)

December 2nd JP Morgan Smid Cap Conference (New York)

December 14th -16th BofA Merrill Lynch Global Industries Conference (New York)

Although these presentations are not expected to include any material non-public information, the Company will post the presentation slides on its web site atwww.wasteconnections.com under the tabs titled Investor Presentations and Investor Relations.  The slides will be posted some time during the 24-hour period prior to the scheduled presentation time.

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 two million residential, commercial and industrial customers from a network of operations in 27 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.

CONTACT: 
Worthing Jackman / (916) 608-8266
worthingj@wasteconnections.com