Waste Connections Announces Dates for Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release

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.