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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.4

[FACE OF NOTE]
                        ALLIED WASTE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
                   10 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2006

                     GUARANTEED AS TO PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL,
                        PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST BY
                          ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
                           AND CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF
                        ALLIED WASTE NORTH AMERICA, INC.

                                                             CUSIP NO.__________

No._____________                                                     $__________

         Allied Waste North America, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to ____________, or registered assigns,
the principal sum of Dollars [IF THE SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, THEN INSERT
-- , or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the
principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall not exceed
$525,000,000 in the aggregate at any time) as may be set forth in the records of
the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture,] on
December 1, 2006 and to pay interest thereon from December 5, 1996 or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 in each year, commencing
June 1, 1997, at the rate of 10.25% per annum, until the principal hereof is
paid or made available for payment; provided that any amount of principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on this Security which is overdue shall bear
interest (to the extent that payment thereof shall be legally enforceable) at
the rate of 12.25% per annum, from the date such amount is due to the day it is
paid or made available for payment, and such overdue interest shall be payable
on demand.

         The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date and may either be paid
to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Interest on this
Security shall be computed on the basis set forth in the Indenture.


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         Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this
Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, maintained for such purpose and at
any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose, in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at
the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register; provided further that all payments of the principal (and
premium, if any) and interest on Securities, the Holders of which have given
wire transfer instructions to the Company or its agent at least 10 Business Days
prior to the applicable payment date will be required to be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by such
Holders in such instructions.

         Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

         Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:

                                       ALLIED WASTE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
[SEAL]

                                       By:____________________________________

Attest:


__________________________




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                                [REVERSE OF NOTE]

         This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company designated as its 10 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006 (herein
called the "Securities"), limited in aggregate principal amount to $525,000,000,
issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1996 (herein
called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and First Bank
National Association, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the holders of the Senior Debt and the
Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities, with the
Senior Subordinated Guarantees endorsed thereon, are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered.

         The Securities are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days' notice by mail, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at
such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, in amounts of $1,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000, at any time on or after December 1, 2001 and
prior to maturity, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount)
if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning December 1, of the years
indicated,


          YEAR                                REDEMPTION PRICE
          ----                                ----------------
          2001                                   105.1250%
          2002                                   103.4167%
          2003                                   101.7083%

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption with accrued but unpaid interest
(including Special Interest) to but excluding the Redemption Date, but interest
installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will
be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record
Dates referred to on the face hereof.

         The Securities are further subject to redemption, prior to December 1,
2001, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time, upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by mail to each Holder of Securities
to be redeemed at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, in
amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000, at a Redemption Price equal
to the greater of (i) 100% of their principal amount or (ii) the sum of the
present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest
thereon discounted to maturity on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury


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Yield plus 75 basis points, plus in each case accrued interest (including
Special Interest) to but excluding the Redemption Date, but interest
installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will
be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record
Dates referred to on the face hereof.

         The Securities are further subject to redemption, at any time, or from
time to time, prior to the date that is 180 days after the Acquisition Closing,
in an amount up to $100 million in aggregate principal amount, at the option of
the Company, from the net proceeds of one or more Asset Dispositions by the
Company or its Subsidiaries, at a Redemption Price equal to 110.25% of the
principal amount thereof, together with accrued but unpaid interest (including
Special Interest) to the Redemption Date provided that the notice of redemption
is mailed within 30 days following the closing of the corresponding Asset
Disposition. Such redemption shall occur upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days' notice by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such
Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, in amounts of $1,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000. Interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on
or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof.

         The Securities are further subject to redemption at any time or from
time to time, prior to December 1, 1999, in an amount up to 331/3% in aggregate
principal amount of Securities originally issued under the Indenture, at the
option of the Company, from the net proceeds of one or more Public Offerings of
Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Interests) of Allied Parent, at a
Redemption Price equal to 110.25% of the principal amount thereof, together with
accrued but unpaid interest (including Special Interest) to the Redemption Date,
provided that the notice of redemption with respect to any such redemption is
mailed within 30 days following the closing of the corresponding Public
Offering. Such redemption shall occur upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days notice by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder's
address appearing in the Security Register, in amounts of $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000. Interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior
to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or
one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof.

         The Securities are further subject to a Special Mandatory Redemption at
100.5% of the principal amount of the Securities, together with accrued but
unpaid interest (including Special Interest) to the Redemption Date, in the
event (a) the Company has concluded, in its sole judgment, that the Acquisition
will not be consummated on or prior to March 5, 1997, as certified to the
Trustee pursuant to the requirements of the Collateral Agreement or (b) for any
other reason, funds are not released from the Collateral Account pursuant to
Section 4.2 of the Collateral Agreement for purposes of funding the Acquisition.

         The Securities do not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.


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         The Indenture provides that, subject to certain conditions, if (i)
certain Net Available Proceeds are available to the Company as a result of Asset
Dispositions or (ii) a Change of Control occurs, the Company shall be required
to make an Offer to Purchase for all or a specified portion of the Securities.

         In the event of redemption or purchase pursuant to an offer to Purchase
of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of like tenor for
the unredeemed or unpurchased portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

         If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture.

         The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (i) the
entire indebtedness of this Security or (ii) certain restrictive covenants and
Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance
with certain conditions set forth therein.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and this Security
are Guaranteed, jointly and severally on a senior subordinated basis, pursuant
to Senior Subordinated Guarantees endorsed hereon as provided in the Indenture.
Each Holder, by holding this Security, agrees to all of the terms and provisions
of said Senior Subordinated Guarantees. The Indenture provides that a Guarantor
shall be released from its Senior Subordinated Guarantee upon compliance with
certain conditions.

         The Securities and the Senior Subordinated Guarantees shall be
subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt of the Company and the
Guarantors, respectively, as provided in the Indenture.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under
the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security.

         As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously


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given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect
to the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee
and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have
received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities at the
time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have
failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to certain
suits described in the Indenture, including any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein
(or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date or, in the case
of any purchase of this Security required to be made pursuant to an Offer to
Purchase, on the Purchase Date).

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by,
the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

         The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

         Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the
Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

         All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.


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         The Indenture, this Security and the Senior Subordinated Guarantees
endorsed hereon shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.

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                       OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

         If you want to elect to have this Security purchased in its entirety by
the Company pursuant to Section 1014 or 1015 of the Indenture, check the box:

                                       [ ]

         If you want to elect to have only a part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 1014 or 1015 of the Indenture, state the amount:
$________________________________


Dated:__________________      Your Signature:___________________________________
                                      (Sign exactly as name appears on the other
                                      side of this Security)


Signature Guarantee:____________________________________________________________
                           Notice: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an
                           "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
                           requirements of the Trustee, which requirements will
                           include membership or participation in STAMP or such
                           other "signature guarantee program" as may be
                           determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in
                           substitution for STAMP, all in accordance with the
                           Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

         This is one of the Securities with the Senior Subordinated Guarantees
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

                                       ________________________________________,
                                               as Trustee


                                       By:______________________________________
                                               Authorized Signature

June 16, 1997



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