| Waste Connections, Inc., an integrated solid waste services company, provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services in the western and southern United States. As of December 31, 2007, it owned or operated a network of 126 solid waste collection operations, 48 transfer stations, 29 recycling operations, and 35 active landfills, as well as five intermodal facilities. The company offers residential, commercial, and industrial solid waste collection services. Its transfer stations receive, compact, and load solid waste to be transported to landfills via truck, rail, or barge. Waste Connections also provides residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers recycling services for various recyclable materials, including cardboard, office paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. In addition, it offers intermodal services, including repositioning, storage, maintenance, and repair of cargo containers for international shipping companies for the rail haul movement of cargo containers in the Pacific Northwest. Further, the company provides container and chassis sales and leasing services to its customers. It serves approximately 1.5 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Folsom, California. |