Waste Industries USA, Inc. Announces Five Acquisitions

Raleigh, NC — Waste Industries USA, Inc., a regional, non-hazardous solid waste services company, today announced the acquisition of five hauling operations through April 30, 2006 that are expected to add approximately $4,000,000 in annualized revenues.

The company acquired certain assets and customers of Advanced Disposal Services, LLC in the west Atlanta suburbs. In addition, the company acquired the assets and customers of Erwin Sanitation, Inc. and Environmental Waste, Inc., also in the west Atlanta suburbs. All of these operations will tuck into the company's Atlanta West operation and the waste will be internalized into its Grady Road landfill.

The company acquired residential customers of Harrison Sanitation Solutions, Inc. in eastern North Carolina. The customers will tuck into the company's Rocky Mount and Wilson operations.

The company also acquired the assets and customers of Upstate Waste, Inc., a private residential waste hauler that operates primarily in the Greenville County, South Carolina market. This operation will tuck into the company's Greenville/Spartanburg operations.

Ven Poole, Vice President, Corporate Development, stated, "The acquisitions completed so far this year clearly demonstrate our steady, methodical pursuit of strategic acquisitions that tuck into our existing operations and waste streams that can be internalized into our own landfills."

SOURCE: Waste Industries USA, Inc.