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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.41

                          ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

                THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE 1994 AMENDED AND RESTATED
                    NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN

       This Third Amendment (the "Amendment") to the 1994 Amended and Restated
NonEmployee Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") is adopted by the Board of
Directors of Allied Waste Industries, Inc-, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), pursuant to the authority granted to the Board -in Section 14 of the
Plan. Capitalized terms used by not defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Plan. The Plan is hereby amended as follows:

      1.    Section 2(a) hereby Is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

            a. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the
      Company (the "Board") or by a committee (the "Committee") of not less than
      two Non-Employee Directors who shall be appointed by the Board and who
      shall serve at the pleasure of the Board- For purposes of grants and
      awards pursuant to, and administration of this Plan under Sections 2
      through 14 of the Plan, the terms "Committee" and "Board" are used
      interchangeably. For the purposes of this Plan, a majority of the members
      present at any meeting shall decide any question brought before that
      meeting. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any act or
      omission of any other member of the Committee or for any act or omission
      on his own part, including (without limitation) the exercise of any power
      or discretion given to him under this Plan, except those resulting from
      his own gross negligence or willful misconduct. For purposes of this Plan,
      a "Nonemployee Director" means a member of the Board who: (i) is not at
      the time in question an officer or employee of the Company or any
      subsidiary, (ii) has not received compensation for serving as a consultant
      or in any other non-director capacity or had an interest in any
      transaction with the Company or any subsidiary that would exceed the
      $60,000 threshold for which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a)
      of Regulation S-K, or (iii) has not been engaged through any other party
      in a business relationship with the Company or any subsidiary that would
      be disclosable under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K.

      2.    In Section 14 of the Plan, the following sentence shall be deleted:

            In addition, this Plan may not be amended more than once every six
            months with respect to the plan provisions referred to mi Rule
            l6b-3(c)(2)(ii)(A) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
            amended, other than to comport with changes in the Code, the
            Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the
            rules thereunder.
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      3.    Section 16 hereby is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

            16.   Compliance with Other Laws and Regulations.

                  a. The Plan, the grant and exercise of Options thereunder, and
            the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares acquirable
            on exercise of such Options, shall be subject to all applicable
            federal and state laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals
            by any governmental or regulatory agency or national securities
            exchange as may be required. The Company shall not be required to
            sell or issue any shares on exercise of any Option if the issuance
            of such shares shall constitute a violation by the Eligible Director
            or the Company of any provisions of any law or regulation of any
            governmental authority. Each Option granted under this Plan shall be
            subject to the requirement that, if at any time the Board or the
            Committee shall determine that (i) the listing, registration or
            qualification of the shares subject thereto on any securities
            exchange or under any state or federal law of the United States or
            of any other country or governmental subdivision thereto (ii) the
            consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, or (iii)
            the making of investment or other representations, are necessary or
            desirable in connection with the issue or purchase of shares subject
            thereto, no such Option may be exercised in whole or in part unless
            such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or
            representation shall have been effected or obtained, free of any
            conditions not acceptable to the Committee. Any detenination in
            this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding and
            conclusive.

                  b. With respect to persons subject to Section 16 of the
            Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act"), transactions under
            this Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of
            Rule l6b-3 or its successors under the 1934 Act. To the extent any
            provisions of the Plan or action by the Committee or Board fails to
            so comply, it shall be deemed null and void~ to the extent permitted
            by law and deemed advisable by the Committee or Board.

      Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the terms and conditions
of the plan remain in full force and effect. The effective date of this
Amendment shall be January 1, 1998.<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.42

                          ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

                FOURTH AMENDMENT TO TEE 1994 AMENDED AND RESTATED
                     NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN

       This Fourth Amendment to the 1994 Amended and Restated Non-Employee
Director Stock Option Plan (the "1994 Director Plan") is adopted by the Board of
Directors of Allied Waste Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Directors in
Section 14 of the 1994 Director Plan. Capitalized terms used shall have the
meanings set forth in the 1994 Director Plan. The 1994 Director Plan is amended
as follows:

      Section 10 is amended in its entirety to read as:

       Assignability of Options. During the term of an Option, the Option shall
not be assignable or otherwise transferable except: (1) by will or by the laws
of descent or distribution; (2) without consideration to members of an Eligible
Director's immediate family (i.e., children, grandchildren and spouse) ("family
members"); (3) without consideration trusts for the benefit of an Eligible
Director's family members; or (4) without consideration to partnerships whose
only partners are an Eligible Director's family members. Each option shall be
exercised during the Eligible Director's lifetime only by an Eligible Director
or as applicable an Eligible Director's family member.<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.43

              FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
                            1994 AMENDED AND RESTATED
                     NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN

      THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into effective May 26,1999, by ALLIED
WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Employer").

                                    RECITALS:

      1.    The Employer maintains the Allied Waste Industries, Inc. 1994
            Amended an Restated Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
            ("Plan");

      2.    The Employer has reserved the right to amend the Plan in whole or in
            part; and

      3.    The Employer intends to amend the Plan as approved by its
            shareholders.

      THEREFORE, the Employer hereby adopts this Amendment as follows:

      1.    The first sentence of Section 3 of the Plan is hereby amended to
            read as follows:

            "The maximum number of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per
            share (the "Common Stock"), which may at any time be subject to
            outstanding Options issued under the Plan shall be 1,150,000 shares;
            provided, that the class and aggregate number of shares which may be
            subject to Options granted hereunder shall be subject to adjustment
            in accordance with the provisions of Section 15 of this Plan."

      2.    The Effective Date of this Amendment shall be May 26, 1999, which
            was the date the Employer's shareholders approved the Amendment.

      3.    Except as amended, all of the terms and conditions of the Plan shall
            remain in full force and effect.

                                            ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.,
                                            a Delaware corporation

                                            By /s/ Steven M. Helm
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                                               Steven M. Helm, Vice President<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.44

                          ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

           FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 INCENTIVE

                                   STOCK PLAN

      This First Amendment to the 1994 Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Plan
(the "1994 Employee Plan") is adopted by the Board of Directors of Allied Waste
Industries, Inc, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to the
authority granted to the Board of Directors in Section 18 of the 1994 Employee
Plan. Capitalized terms used shall have the meanings set forth in the 1994
Employee Plan. The 1994 Employee Plan is amended as follows:

      Section 6(c)(6) is amended in its entirety to read as:

      (i)   No Incentive Stock Option shall be assignable or transferable other
than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. During the lifetime of
a Participant, each Incentive Stock Option granted to him shall be exercisable
only by him or by a brokerdealer acting on behalf of such Participant pursuant
to Section 6(c)(4).

      (ii)  A Non-Qualified Stock Option shall not be assignable or otherwise
transferable except: (1) by will or by the laws of descent or distribution; (2)
without consideration to members of a Participant's immediate family (i.e.,
children, grandchildren and spouse) ("family members"); (3) without
consideration to trusts for the benefit of a Participant's family members; or
(4) without consideration to partnerships whose only partners are a
Participant's family members. A Non-Qualified Stock Option shall be exercised
during a Participant's lifetime only by a Participant or, as applicable, a
Participant's family member, or a broker-dealer acting on behalf of the
Participant or family member pursuant to Section 6(c)(4).

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