Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001558370-25-000893
Chunk: 35

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7M
Chunk 35
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ITEM 7.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We make statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that are forward-looking in nature.  These include:

●Statements regarding our landfills, including capacity, duration, special projects, demand for and pricing of recyclables, estimated closure and post-closure liabilities, landfill alternatives and related capital expenditures, operating expenses, leachate and the ETLF event at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill;

●Discussion of competition, loss of contracts, price increases and additional exclusive and/or long-term collection service arrangements;

●Forecasts of cash flows necessary for operations and free cash flow to reduce leverage as well as our ability to draw on our credit facility and access the capital markets to refinance or expand;

●Statements regarding our ability to access capital resources or credit markets;

●Plans for, and the amount of, certain capital expenditures for our existing and newly acquired properties and equipment;

●Statements regarding fuel, oil and natural gas demand, prices, and price volatility;

●Assessments of regulatory developments and potential changes in environmental, health, safety and tax laws and regulations; and

●Other statements on a variety of topics such as inflation, credit risk of customers, seasonality, labor/pension costs and labor union activity, employee retention costs, operational and safety risks, acquisitions, dividends, litigation developments and results, goodwill impairments, insurance costs and cybersecurity threats.

These statements can be ‎identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “will,” ‎‎“could,” “should” or “anticipates,” or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy. 

Our ‎business and operations are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and, consequently, actual results may differ ‎materially from those projected by any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ ‎from those projected include, but are not limited to, those listed under the heading “ITEM 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-‎K.  

There may be additional risks of which we are not presently aware or that we currently believe are immaterial that ‎could have an adverse impact on our business. We make