Waste Connections Announces Dates for Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release

FOLSOM, CA, Jul 06 (MARKET WIRE) --
Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) announced that it will report
financial results for the second quarter of 2009 after the close of the
stock market on July 21, 2009. The Company will be hosting an investor
conference call related to this release on July 22nd at 8:30 A.M. Eastern
Time.

To access the call, listeners should dial 866-700-7101 (domestic) or
617-213-8837 (international) approximately 10 minutes prior to the
scheduled start time and ask the operator for the Waste Connections
conference call, Passcode # 59234637. A replay of the conference call will
be available until July 29, 2009, by calling 888-286-8010 (domestic) or
617-801-6888 (international) and entering Passcode # 87207074.

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 at www.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 event during the third quarter of
2009:

September 16th -- JP Morgan Diversified Industrials Conference (New York)

Although this presentation is not expected to include any material
non-public information, the Company will post the presentation slides on
its web site at www.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 26 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
Email Contact

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