EXHIBIT 10.5

                FIRST AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS AMENDMENT is made and entered into effective February 23, 2000, by
and between ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  ("Company")
and HENRY L. HIRVELA ("Executive").

                                   WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS,  the Company  and the  Executive  are parties to an  Executive
Employment Agreement which was made effective January 1, 1999 ("Agreement"); and

         WHEREAS,  the  Company  and the  Executive  now  desire  to  amend  the
Agreement.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  for  and in  consideration  of the  mutual  promises,
covenants  and  obligations  contained  herein,  and  other  good  and  valuable
consideration,  the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows:

         1. The Company and the  Executive  intend to  recognize  and reward the
         Executive for his unique and valuable  experience  and  expertise  with
         respect to finance,  acquisitions and  divestitures.  In addition,  the
         Company  and the  Executive  wish to ensure that the Company is able to
         continue to utilize the Executive's  services in this area in the event
         the Agreement is terminated  either by the Executive for Good Reason or
         by the Company Without Cause.

         2. Subsection 6.3(a) is hereby  amended and restated in its entirety to
         read as follows:

         (a) the  Company  and  the  Executive  shall  enter  into a  consulting
         agreement  for a term of  twenty-six  and one-half (26 1/2) months from
         the Date of Termination, pursuant to which:

                  (1)  the   Executive,   in  his  capacity  as  an  independent
                  contractor,   shall   perform   such   duties  and  have  such
                  responsibilities  as may from time to time be  assigned to the
                  Executive by the Company's Chief Executive  Officer and agreed
                  to by the Executive;

                  (2) the Executive shall receive aggregate  compensation in the
                  amount of Two  Million  Dollars  ($2,000,000.00),  payable  in
                  twenty-six   (26)  monthly   installments  in  the  amount  of
                  Seventy-Five  Thousand Dollars  ($75,000.00),  together with a
                  final  installment  in the  amount of Fifty  Thousand  Dollars
                  ($50,000.00);

                  (3) at the end of the term,  the  Executive  shall receive all
                  compensation  previously deferred by the Executive and not yet
                  paid by the Company (unless such payment is inconsistent  with
                  the terms of any payment  election made by the Executive  with
                  respect to such deferred compensation);


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                  (4) all stock options and other  incentive  awards  granted to
                  the  Executive by the Company  shall remain  exercisable,  and
                  shall continue to vest in accordance  with their terms,  until
                  the earlier of (A) the last day of the term of the  consulting
                  agreement or (B) May 15, 2002;

                  (5) the terms and  provisions  of  Sections 7 through 11 shall
                  continue through (and, where relevant,  after) the term of the
                  consulting  agreement in the same manner as if the last day of
                  that term were the Date of Termination;

                  (6) in the event of the Executive's death during the term, the
                  Executive's estate shall be entitled to receive the balance of
                  the Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) aggregate compensation
                  to which the Executive is entitled.

         3.       Subsection 6.3(d) is hereby deleted in its entirety.

         4.       In all other respects, the terms and conditions of the
                  Agreement remain in full force and effect.

         DATED:  February 23, 2000.


                                       ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                       By
                                         --------------------------------------
                                         Steven M. Helm, Vice President, Legal

                                                                     "Company"



                                       HENRY L. HIRVELA

                                       By
                                         --------------------------------------
                                         Henry L. Hirvela, Vice President, Chief
                                         Executive Officer

                                                                   "Executive"