Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-07-24
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001558370-25-009490
Chunk: 6

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-24
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 6
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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

We make statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q 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 and the funding thereof;

●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, the impacts of trade policies or tariffs, general economic conditions, credit risk of customers, seasonality, labor/pension costs and labor union activity, employee retention costs, operational and safety risks, acquisitions and their contribution to the Company’s strategy, dividends, share repurchases, 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, risk factors detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and the securities commissions or similar regulatory