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Waste Connections Announces Dates for Fourth Quarter 2007 Earnings Release and Upcoming Investor Presentations
PRNewswire-FirstCall
FOLSOM, Calif.

Waste Connections, Inc. announced that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter of 2007 and its outlook for 2008 after the close of the stock market on February 11, 2008. The Company will be hosting an investor conference call related to this release on February 11th at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time.

To access the call, listeners should dial 800-322-2803 (domestic) or 617-614-4925 (international) approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and ask the operator for the Waste Connections conference call, Passcode # 66531084. A replay of the conference call will be available until February 18, 2008, by calling 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and entering Passcode # 37774346.

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 also announced that executives of the Company currently plan on presenting at the following investor events during the first quarter of 2008:

   February 26th  Credit Suisse Annual Global Services Conference (Phoenix)
   March 4th      Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference (Orlando)
   March 5th      Citigroup Global Industrial Mfg. Conference (New York)
   March 18th     Citigroup Small & Mid-Cap Conference (Las Vegas)


Although these presentations are not expected to include any material non-public information, the Company will post the presentation slides on its web site. The slides will be posted some time during the 24-hour period prior to the scheduled presentation time. The slides may be accessed via the Investor Relations section of the Company's corporate website.

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 1.5 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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SOURCE: Waste Connections, Inc.

CONTACT: Worthing Jackman of Waste Connections, Inc., +1-916-608-8266,
worthingj@wasteconnections.com