2012-10-25 22:06:44 -

THE WOODLANDS, TX, October 25, 2012 - Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) today
announced that it has completed the acquisition of the business of R360
Environmental Solutions, Inc.

Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company that
provides waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly
exclusive and secondary markets.  Through its R360 Environmental Solutions
subsidiary, the Company also is a leading provider of non-hazardous oilfield
waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several of the most active
natural resource producing areas in the United States, including the Permian,
Bakken and Eagle Ford Basins.  Waste Connections serves more than two million
residential, commercial, industrial, and exploration and production customers
from a network of operations in 31 states.  The Company also provides intermodal
services for the movement of cargo and   solid waste containers in the Pacific
Northwest.  Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in September 1997 and is
headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

For more information, visit the Waste Connections web site at
www.wasteconnections.com.  Copies of financial literature, including this
release, are available on the Waste Connections web site or through contacting
us directly at (832) 442-2200.


  CONTACT:

  Worthing Jackman / (832) 442-2266       Mary Anne Whitney / (832) 442-2253
  worthingj@wasteconnections.com          maryannew@wasteconnections.com







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