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EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”) and
THOMAS W. RYAN (“Executive”) enter into this Executive Employment Agreement
(“Agreement”) effective August 1, 2003 (“Effective Date”), to set forth the
terms and conditions of Executive’s employment. This Agreement supersedes any
prior employment agreement(s) between the parties. The parties agree as
follows:

     1.
Certain Definitions and Understandings.  As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings prescribed below:

          Applicable Period is defined in Section 10.3.

          Annual Incentive Compensation is defined in Section 4.2.

          Base Salary is defined in Section 4.1.

          Beneficial Owner is defined in Rule 13(d)-3 under the Exchange Act;
provided, however, and without limitation, that any individual, corporation,
partnership, group, association or other person or entity that has the right to
acquire any Voting Stock at any time in the future, whether such right is (a)
contingent or absolute or (b) exercisable presently or at any time in the
future, pursuant to any agreement or understanding or upon the exercise or
conversion of rights, options or warrants, or otherwise, shall be the
Beneficial Owner of such Voting Stock.

          Cause is defined in Section 5.3.

          Change in Control of the Company means one of the following: (a) the
Company merges or consolidates, or agrees to merge or to consolidate, with any
other corporation (other than a wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of
the Company) and is not the surviving corporation (or survives as a subsidiary
of another corporation), (b) the Company sells, or agrees to sell, all or
substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity, (c) the Company
is dissolved, (d) any third person or entity (other than a trustee or committee
of any qualified employee benefit plan of the Company) together with its
Affiliates shall become or shall have publicly announced its intention to
become (by tender offer or otherwise), directly or indirectly, the Beneficial
Owner of at least 30% of the Voting Stock of the Company, or (e) the
individuals who constitute the Board of Directors of the Company as of the
Effective Date (“Incumbent Board”) shall cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board of Directors; provided, that any person becoming
a director whose election or nomination for election was approved by a majority
of the members of the Incumbent Board shall be considered, for the purposes of
this Agreement, a member of the Incumbent Board.

          Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service thereunder.

          Common Stock means the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share.

 

 

          Company means Allied Waste Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

          Compensation Plans is defined in Section 4.6.

          Confidential Information is defined in Section 7.2.

          Continuing Obligations is defined in Section 3.

          Date of Termination means the earliest to occur of (a) the date of the
Executive’s death, or (b) the date specified in the Notice of Termination, in
accordance with Section 5.8.

          Disability means an illness or other disability which prevents the
Executive from discharging his responsibilities under this Agreement for a
period of 180 consecutive calendar days, or an aggregate of 180 calendar days
in any calendar year, during the Term, all as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company (or a committee thereof).

          Effective Date means August 1, 2003.

          Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder.

          Executive means Thomas W. Ryan.

          Good Reason is defined in Section 5.5.

          Notice of Termination is defined in Section 5.8.

          Retirement is defined in Section 5.7.

          Targeted Annual Incentive Compensation is defined in Section 4.2.

          Term is defined in Section 3.

          Vacation Time is defined in Section 4.3.

          Voting Stock means all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
entitled to vote generally in an election of directors; provided, however, that
if the Company has shares of Voting Stock entitled to more or less than one (1)
vote per share, each reference to a proportion of the issued and outstanding
shares of Voting Stock shall be deemed to refer to the proportion of the
aggregate votes entitled to be cast by the issued and outstanding shares of
Voting Stock.

          Welfare Plans is defined in Section 4.7.

          Without Cause is defined in Section 5.4.

          In addition, throughout this Agreement, the parties have defined certain
words and intend for those definitions to apply whenever the parties have used
a defined word in this

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Agreement. One of the defined terms is “Company” which means Allied Waste
Industries, Inc. However, the parties expect that some or all of the Company’s
obligations under this Agreement will be fulfilled through its parent,
subsidiary, related, or successor companies or businesses (which will be called
“Affiliates” in this Agreement). Accordingly, Executive acknowledges that the
discharge of any obligation of the Company under this Agreement, which may be
through the acts of one or more Affiliates, discharges any such obligation of
the Company. Moreover, the obligations Executive assumes under this Agreement
will be owed to the Company and to its Affiliates. Accordingly, the parties
expressly intend for the Affiliates to be third-party beneficiaries of the
promises made and obligations assumed by Executive in this Agreement.

     2.
General Duties of Company and Executive.

          2.1. The Company will employ the Executive as its Executive Vice President
and Vice Chairman. The Executive’s authority, duties and responsibilities
shall be those assigned by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and agreed
to by the Executive; his duties as of the Effective Date shall be as described
in Exhibit A attached to this Agreement. The Executive shall devote reasonable
time and attention during normal business hours to the affairs of the Company
and use his best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently his duties and
responsibilities. The Executive may (a) serve on corporate, civic or charitable
boards or committees, (b) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or
teach at educational institutions, and (c) manage personal investments, so long
as such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the
Executive’s duties and responsibilities.

          2.2. The Executive agrees and acknowledges that he owes a fiduciary duty
of loyalty, fidelity and allegiance to act at all times in the best interests
of the Company and to do no act and to make no statement, oral or written,
which would injure the Company’s business, its interests or its reputation. The
Executive also agrees that he shall not knowingly become involved in a conflict
of interest with the Company and, upon discovery of any such conflict, that he
will inform the Company of the conflict and will not allow the conflict to
continue.

          2.3. The Executive agrees to comply at all times with all applicable
policies, rules and regulations of the Company, including, without limitation,
the Company’s Code of Ethics and the Company’s policies regarding trading in
Common Stock, as each is in effect from time to time.

     3.
Term. The “Term” of this Agreement shall be from August 1, 2003 through
December 31, 2005, unless this Agreement is sooner terminated pursuant to
Section 5 of this Agreement, in which case the Term shall end on the Date of
Termination. Neither the termination of this Agreement nor the consequent end
of the Term shall affect the Company’s obligations under Section 6 of this
Agreement or the Executive’s obligations under Sections 7 through 10 of this
Agreement (or under Section 2.3 with respect to the Company’s policies
regarding trading in Common Stock)(collectively, “Continuing Obligations”).

     4.
Compensation and Benefits.

          4.1. Base Salary. As compensation for services to the Company during the
Term, the Company shall pay to the Executive until the Date of Termination a
base salary at the annual rate of Five Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars
($575,000.00) or such other rate as may be

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specified from time to time by the Board of Directors (or a committee
thereof) in its discretion (“Base Salary”). The Base Salary shall be payable
in equal bi-weekly installments or in accordance with the Company’s established
policy, subject only to such payroll and withholding deductions as may be
required by law and other deductions applied generally to employees of the
Company for insurance and other employee benefit plans. For all purposes under
this Agreement, the Executive’s Base Salary shall include any portion thereof
which is deferred under any nonqualified plan or arrangement.

          4.2. Annual Incentive Compensation. In addition to Base Salary, the
Executive shall be awarded, for each fiscal year during the Term until the Date
of Termination, annual cash incentive compensation (either pursuant to an
incentive plan or program of the Company or otherwise) in an amount to be
determined by the Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) in its sole
discretion (“Annual Incentive Compensation”). “Targeted Annual Incentive
Compensation”, earned upon the achievement of one hundred percent (100%) of the
annual target goals for the Executive, shall be one hundred percent (100%) of
the Executive’s Base Salary, unless otherwise determined by the Board of
Directors (or a committee thereof) in its sole discretion. All such Annual
Incentive Compensation shall be payable at a time to be determined by the Board
of Directors (or a committee thereof) in its sole discretion. For all purposes
under this Agreement, the Executive’s Annual Incentive Compensation shall
include any portion thereof which is deferred under any nonqualified plan or
arrangement.

          4.3. Vacation. Commencing on the Effective Date and continuing until the
Date of Termination, for each full calendar year in which the Executive is
employed under this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to four (4)
weeks paid vacation (“Vacation Time”). For any partial calendar year during
which the Executive is employed under this Agreement, he will be entitled to a
prorated amount of Vacation Time, based on the number of weeks worked in the
calendar year pursuant to the Company’s then current vacation policy. Vacation
Time must be taken during the calendar year in which it accrued and will be
forfeited at the end of the calendar year if not used.

          4.4. Automobile Allowance. Commencing on the Effective Date and continuing
until the Date of Termination, the Executive shall receive an automobile
allowance of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per month (“Automobile Allowance”).
The Board of Directors (or a committee thereof), in its discretion, may
increase the Automobile Allowance based upon relevant circumstances.

          4.5. Club Membership Dues. Commencing on the Effective Date and continuing
until the Date of Termination, the Executive shall receive an amount per month
equal to the monthly membership dues (i.e., the regular membership fee, and not
incidental or ancillary charges such as food, beverages, rentals, coaching,
training, supplies, therapy, spa, etc.) which the Executive pays for one club
or organization of Executive’s choice.

          4.6. Incentive, Savings, Retirement and Stock Plans. The Executive shall
be entitled to participate in and be eligible to receive benefits under all
executive incentive, savings, retirement and stock (including any stock option,
restricted stock, phantom stock and other stock rights) plans and programs
currently maintained or hereinafter established by the Company for the benefit
of its executive officers and/or employees (collectively “Compensation Plans”).
The

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Executive’s participation in all such Compensation Plans shall be governed
by the terms and provisions of each such Compensation Plan.

          4.7. Welfare Benefit Plans. The Executive shall be eligible to participate
in and shall receive all benefits under each welfare benefit plan of the
Company currently maintained or subsequently established by the Company for the
benefit of its employees. Such welfare benefit plans may include medical,
dental, vision, disability, group life, accidental death and travel accident
insurance plans and programs (collectively “Welfare Plans”). The Executive’s
participation in the Welfare Plans shall be subject to the terms and conditions
of each Welfare Plan.

          4.8. Reimbursement of Expenses. The Executive may from time to time during
the Term incur various business expenses customarily incurred by persons
holding positions of like responsibility, including, without limitation,
travel, entertainment and similar expenses incurred for the benefit of the
Company. Subject to the Company’s policy regarding the reimbursement of such
expenses as in effect from time to time during the Term, which does not
necessarily allow reimbursement of all such expenses, and following the
Company’s receipt of proper documentation for such expenses, the Company shall
reimburse the Executive for such expenses from time to time, at the Executive’s
request, and the Executive shall account to the Company for all such expenses.

     5.
Termination.

          5.1. Death. This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the death of
the Executive.

          5.2. Disability. The Company may terminate this Agreement, upon written
notice to the Executive delivered in accordance with Sections 5.8 and 11.1,
upon the Disability of the Executive.

          5.3. Cause. The Company may terminate this Agreement, upon written notice
to the Executive delivered in accordance with Sections 5.8 and 11.1, for Cause.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means (a) the conviction of the
Executive for a felony, (b) the Executive’s willful refusal, without proper
legal cause, to perform his duties and responsibilities as contemplated in this
Agreement, or (c) the Executive’s willfully engaging in activities which (1)
constitute a breach of any term of this Agreement, the Company’s Code of
Ethics, the Company’s policies regarding trading in Common Stock, reimbursement
of business expenses, or any other applicable policies, rules or regulations of
the Company or (2) result in a material injury to the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, or prospects of the Company or
its Affiliates (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company or a committee thereof). For purposes of the definition of “Cause,” no
act or failure to act shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or
omitted to be done, in bad faith without reasonable belief that the action or
omission was in the best interests of the Company.

          5.4. Without Cause. The Company may terminate this Agreement Without
Cause, upon written notice to the Executive delivered in accordance with
Sections 5.8 and 11.1. For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive will be
deemed to have been terminated “Without Cause” if the Executive is terminated
by the Company for any reason other than Cause, Disability or death.

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          5.5. Good Reason. The Executive may terminate this Agreement for Good
Reason, upon written notice to the Company delivered in accordance with
Sections 5.8 and 11.1. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means (a)
the assignment to the Executive of any duties that are materially inconsistent
with the Executive’s duties or responsibilities as contemplated in this
Agreement, (b) any other action by the Company which results in a material
diminishment in the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and
reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities (provided,
however, that a temporary diminishment, whether material or not, due to the
Executive’s illness or injury will not constitute grounds for a termination for
Good Reason by the Executive), (c) any material breach by the Company of any of
the provisions of this Agreement, (d) requiring the Executive to relocate
permanently to any office or location, except in the Phoenix-Scottsdale
metropolitan area or any other location to which the majority of the Company’s
executive officers are relocated, without his consent, (e) any material
reduction, or attempted material reduction, at any time during the Term, of the
Base Salary or of any of the compensation or benefits described in Article 4 of
this Agreement (provided, however, that any change in the targeted percentage
for purposes of determining the Executive’s Annual Incentive Compensation, any
change in the Company’s reimbursement policies, or any change in any
Compensation Plans or Welfare Plans, which affects a majority of the employees
covered by those policies or plans, shall not be considered “Good Reason”).

          5.6. Without Good Reason. The Executive may terminate this Agreement
Without Good Reason, upon written notice to the Company delivered in accordance
with Sections 5.8 and 11.1. For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive will
be deemed to have terminated “Without Good Reason” if the Executive terminates
this Agreement for any reason other than Good Reason or due to the Executive’s
death or Retirement.

          5.7. Retirement. The Executive may terminate this Agreement upon
Retirement, upon written notice to the Company delivered in accordance with
Sections 5.8 and 11.1. For purposes of this Agreement, “Retirement” means the
Executive’s bona fide retirement from the Company.

          5.8. Notice of Termination. Any termination of this Agreement by the
Company for Cause, Without Cause or as a result of the Executive’s Disability,
or by the Executive for Good Reason or Without Good Reason or upon Retirement
shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other party. A “Notice
of Termination” means a written notice which (a) indicates the specific
termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and (b) if the termination
is by the Company for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, sets forth in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. The
Notice of Termination must specify the Date of Termination. In the case of a
termination by the Company for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability or by
the Executive for Good Reason or due to Retirement, the Date of Termination may
be as early as the date notice is given but no later than thirty (30) calendar
days after notice is given, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both
parties. In the case of a termination by the Company Without Cause or by the
Executive Without Good Reason, the Date of Termination may be as early as
fourteen (14) calendar days after notice is given but no later than sixty (60)
calendar days after notice is given, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties
in writing. The Notice of Termination shall also conform with the provisions
of Section 11.1.

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     6.
Obligations of Company Upon Termination.

          6.1. Cause, Without Good Reason. If this Agreement is terminated either by
the Company for Cause or by the Executive Without Good Reason, the Company
shall pay to the Executive, in a lump sum cash payment within thirty (30) days
after the Date of Termination, the aggregate of (a) any unpaid portion of the
Executive’s Base Salary (as in effect on the Date of Termination) owing as of
the Date of Termination, (b) any accrued but unpaid Vacation Time as of the
Date of Termination, and (c) in the case of compensation previously deferred by
the Executive, all amounts of such compensation previously deferred and not yet
paid by the Company (unless such payment is inconsistent with the terms of
either any payment election made by the Executive with respect to such deferred
compensation or the applicable plan). The Company also shall promptly pay or
reimburse to the Executive any costs and expenses (and moving and relocation
expenses, if otherwise agreed to by the Company in writing) paid or incurred by
the Executive which would have been payable under Section 4.8 of this Agreement
if the Executive’s employment had not terminated.

               All other obligations of the Company and rights of the Executive hereunder
shall terminate effective as of the Date of Termination; provided, however,
that the Executive’s rights under any Compensation Plan or Welfare Plan shall
be governed by the terms and provisions of each such plan and are not
necessarily severed on the Date of Termination.

          6.2. Death or Disability. If this Agreement is terminated as a result of
the Executive’s death or Disability:

               (a) The Company shall pay to the Executive (or to his estate, in the event
the Executive is deceased) any unpaid portion of the Executive’s Base Salary
(as in effect on the Date of Termination) through the Date of Termination, any
unpaid portion of the Annual Incentive Compensation previously awarded to the
Executive, and any accrued but unpaid Vacation Time as of the Date of
Termination, in a lump sum cash payment within thirty (30) days after the Date
of Termination. The Company also pay to the Executive or his estate an amount
equal to two (2) times the Executive’s Base Salary (as in effect on the Date of
Termination) in bi-weekly installments over a two (2) year period following the
Date of Termination [or, if the Date of Termination occurs before the first
anniversary of the Effective Date, for a period equal to the remainder of the
first year plus two (2) years]. The Company may purchase insurance to cover all
or any part of the obligation contemplated in the foregoing sentence, and the
Executive agrees to submit to a physical examination and otherwise cooperate to
facilitate the procurement of such insurance. The Company also shall, promptly
upon submission by the Executive (or his estate) of supporting documentation,
pay or reimburse to the Executive any costs and expenses (and moving and
relocation expenses, if otherwise agreed to by the Company in writing) paid or
incurred by the Executive which would have been payable under Section 4.8 of
this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had not terminated. The Company
shall continue providing medical, dental, and/or vision coverage to the
Executive and/or the Executive’s spouse and dependents, at least equal to that
which would have been provided to him under Section 4.7 if the Executive’s
employment had not terminated, if such coverage continues to be available to
the Company, until the earlier of (1) the date the Executive becomes eligible
for any comparable medical, dental, or vision coverage provided by any other
employer, (2) the date the Executive becomes eligible for Medicare or any
similar government-sponsored or provided health care program (whether or not
such coverage is

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equivalent to that provided by the Company), or (3) the fifth anniversary of
the Executive’s Date of Termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
medical, dental, and/or vision coverage provided under this Section 6.2(a)
shall cease immediately if the Executive violates any of his Continuing
Obligations.

               (b) Whenever compensation is payable to the Executive under this Agreement
during a period in which he is partially or totally disabled, and such
Disability would (except for the provisions of this Agreement) entitle the
Executive to Disability income or salary continuation payments from the Company
according to the terms of any plan or program presently maintained or hereafter
established by the Company, the Disability income or salary continuation paid
to the Executive pursuant to any such plan or program shall be considered a
portion of (and not in addition to) the payment to be made to the Executive
pursuant to this Section 6.2. If disability income is payable directly to the
Executive by an insurance company under the terms of an insurance policy paid
for by the Company, the amounts paid to the Executive by such insurance company
shall be considered a portion of the payment (and not in addition to the
payment) to be made to the Executive pursuant to this Section 6.2.

               (c) All other obligations of the Company and rights of the Executive
hereunder shall terminate effective as of the Date of Termination; provided,
however, that except as otherwise specifically modified by the terms of this
Agreement the Executive’s rights under the Compensation Plans and Welfare Plans
shall be governed by the terms and provisions of those Plans and are not
necessarily severed on the Date of Termination.

               (d) The Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as the case may be) shall
continue to vest in his PARSAP awards, if any, in accordance with the terms of
his PARSAP Agreement, as if the Executive were still employed by the Company.
The Executive (or the Executive’s estate) also shall continue to vest in, and
continue to be permitted to exercise, the Executive’s stock options, if any,
through the balance of the term of the Executive’s stock option grants.

          6.3. Good Reason; Without Cause. If this Agreement is terminated either by
the Executive for Good Reason or by the Company Without Cause (other than in
connection with a Change in Control as described in Section 6.5):

               (a) The Company shall pay to the Executive the following amounts:

		
	 	          (1) any unpaid portion of the Executive’s Base Salary (as in effect
on the Date of Termination) through the Date of Termination, any unpaid
portion of the Annual Incentive Compensation previously awarded to the
Executive, and any accrued but unpaid Vacation Time as of the Date of
Termination, in a lump sum cash payment within thirty (30) days after the
Date of Termination;
	 
	 	          (2) an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of the Executive’s Base
Salary (as in effect on the Date of Termination) plus the Executive’s
Targeted Annual Incentive Compensation for the fiscal year during which
the Date of Termination occurs, in bi-weekly installments over a two (2)
year period following the Executive’s Date of Termination, provided that
such payments shall cease immediately if the Executive violates any of
his Continuing Obligations; and

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	 	          (3) in the case of compensation previously deferred by the
Executive, all amounts of such compensation previously deferred and not
yet paid by the Company in a lump sum cash payment within thirty (30)
days after the Date of Termination (unless such payment is inconsistent
with either the terms of any payment election made by the Executive with
respect to such deferred compensation or the applicable plan).

               (b) The Company shall promptly pay or reimburse to the Executive any costs
and expenses (and moving and relocation expenses, if otherwise agreed to by the
Company in writing) paid or incurred by the Executive which would have been
payable under Section 4.8 of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had
not terminated.

               (c) The Company shall continue providing medical, dental, and/or vision
coverage to the Executive and/or the Executive’s spouse and dependents, at
least equal to that which would have been provided to the Executive under
Section 4.7 if the Executive’s employment had not terminated, until the earlier
of (1) the date the Executive becomes eligible for any comparable medical,
dental, and/or vision coverage provided by any other employer, (2) the date the
Executive becomes eligible for Medicare or any similar government-sponsored or
provided health care program (whether or not such coverage is equivalent to
that provided by the Company), or (3) the fifth anniversary of the Executive’s
Date of Termination; provided that such coverage shall cease immediately if the
Executive violates any of his Continuing Obligations.

               (d) The Executive shall continue to vest in his PARSAP awards, if any, in
accordance with the terms of his PARSAP Agreement, as if the Executive were
still employed by the Company. The Executive also shall continue to vest in,
and continue to be permitted to exercise, the Executive’s stock options, if
any, through the balance of the term of the Executive’s stock option grants.

               (e) All other obligations of the Company and rights of the Executive
hereunder shall terminate effective as of the Date of Termination; provided,
however, that except as otherwise specifically modified by the terms of this
Agreement the Executive’s rights under the Compensation Plans and Welfare Plans
shall be governed by the terms and provisions of these Plans and are not
necessarily severed on the Date of Termination.

               (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if this Agreement is
terminated either by the Executive for Good Reason or by the Company Without
Cause (other than in connection with a Change in Control as described in
Section 6.5) and the Date of Termination is within one (1) year of the date on
which the Executive would have satisfied the criteria for eligibility for
maximum retirement payments as specified in Section 6.4(d)(1) below, the
termination will be deemed to have been in contemplation of the Executive’s
Retirement, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be governed by
Section 6.4 rather than this Section 6.3.

          6.4 Retirement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Executive due to
Retirement:

               (a) The Company shall pay to the Executive, in a lump sum cash payment
within thirty (30) days after the Date of Termination, the aggregate of the
following amounts: (1) any unpaid portion of the Executive’s Base Salary (as in
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Termination) through the Date of Termination; (2) any unpaid portion of
the Annual Incentive Compensation previously awarded to the Executive; (3)
any accrued but unpaid Vacation Time as of the Date of Termination; and (4) in
the case of compensation previously deferred by the Executive, all amounts of
such compensation previously deferred and not yet paid by the Company (unless
such payment is inconsistent with either the terms of any payment election made
by the Executive with respect to such deferred compensation or the applicable
plan).

               (b) The Company shall promptly pay or reimburse to the Executive any costs
and expenses (and moving and relocation expenses, if otherwise agreed to by the
Company in writing) paid or incurred by the Executive which would have been
payable under Section 4.8 of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had
not terminated.

               (c) The Company shall continue providing medical, dental, and/or vision
coverage to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, at least equal to that
which would have been provided to the Executive under Section 4.7 if the
Executive’s employment had not terminated, until the earlier of (1) the date
the Executive becomes eligible for any comparable medical, dental, or vision
coverage provided by any other employer, or (2) the date the Executive becomes
eligible for Medicare or any similar government-sponsored or provided health
care program (whether or not such coverage is equivalent to that provided by
the Company), provided that such coverage shall cease immediately if the
Executive violates any of his Continuing Obligations. Following the date on
which the Executive becomes eligible for coverage under Medicare, the Executive
may, at his election, continue to be covered under the Company’s health
coverage, if available, provided that the Executive pays all applicable
premiums charged by the Company or its third-party provider(s).

               (d) The Company shall pay to the Executive, in equal bi-weekly
installments over a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the next bi-weekly
payroll period following the Date of Termination, full or partial retirement
payments, as provided below:

		
	 	          (1) If, as of the Date of Termination, the sum of the Executive’s
age and years of service with the Company equal at least sixty-three
(63), the Executive is at least fifty-five (55) years old, and the
Executive has completed at least five (5) years of service with the
Company, the Executive is entitled to maximum retirement payments for
each year during the ten (10) year payment period equal to the product of
sixty percent (60%) of the Executive’s average Base Salary during the
three (3) consecutive full calendar years of employment immediately
preceding the Date of Termination (or, if less than three years, the
average for the actual number of whole calendar years during which the
Executive was employed by the Company). For purposes of Retirement, years
of service include all whole (12 month) years of employment with the
Company and with any entity acquired by the Company beginning with the
Executive’s initial date of employment with the Company or the acquired
entity. The Executive’s retirement payments shall be reduced by five
percent (5%) for each year less than the sum of sixty-three (63) (age and
years of service).
	 
	 	          (2) At the election of the Executive, the actuarial equivalent of
the Executive’s retirement payments may be paid over a period longer than
ten (10) years.

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	 	          (3) In the event of the Executive’s death prior to the payment of
all of the retirement payments determined under this Section 6.4(d), the
balance of the payments shall be made to the Executive’s surviving
spouse, if any, or to any other beneficiary named by the Executive in
writing.
	 
	 	          (4) Any remaining retirement payments shall immediately cease in the
event the Executive works for a competitor (as determined by the Company
in its sole discretion), becomes employed by any other employer without
the prior written consent of the Company, or violates any of his
Continuing Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with the prior
written consent of the Company, the Executive may be employed by an
entity which is not deemed by the Company to be in competition with the
Company in a capacity in which the economic value of his total
compensation is comparable to his total compensation while employed by
the Company, and receive retirement benefits which are reduced
proportionately by the compensation received by the Executive in the new
position. Also with the prior written consent of the Company, the
Executive may be employed by an entity which is not deemed by the Company
to be in competition with the Company, in a capacity in which his total
compensation is materially less than his total compensation while
employed by the Company, in which case there would be no reduction in
retirement benefits.

               (e) The Executive shall continue to vest in his PARSAP awards, if any,
until they become fully vested, and shall continue to vest in and be able to
exercise his stock options, if any, through their terms, as if the Executive’s
employment had not terminated, provided that (i) the Executive’s unvested
PARSAP awards and stock options shall be reduced by five percent (5%) for each
year less than a combined total of sixty-three (63) (age and years of service),
and (ii) the Executive shall forfeit his outstanding PARSAP awards and stock
options in the event that he violates any of the applicable provisions of
Article 10, or becomes employed by any other employer without the prior consent
of the Company.

               (f) The Executive shall continue to be covered under the Company’s
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, if any, to the extent such
coverage is commercially feasible, and under his separate Indemnification
Agreement with the Company, as if the Executive’s employment had not
terminated, for a period of ten (10) years following his Date of Termination.

               (g) All other obligations of the Company and rights of the Executive
hereunder shall terminate effective as of the Date of Termination; provided,
however, that except as otherwise specifically modified by the terms of this
Agreement the Executive’s rights under the Compensation Plans and Welfare Plans
shall be governed by the terms and provisions of these Plans and are not
necessarily severed on the Date of Termination. In addition, the Executive
shall continue to be eligible to make deferrals under the Company’s Executive
Deferred Compensation Plan, and under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan,
in accordance with the terms of those Plans.

               (h) The payments and benefits provided under this Section 6.4 shall be in
lieu of any payments to which the Executive may have otherwise been entitled
under the terms of Section 6.3 or 6.5, and vice versa. However, if a Change in
Control occurs, the payment of any

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retirement cash payments remaining to be paid under this Section 6.4 shall
be accelerated and paid in one lump sum payment within a reasonable period of
time following the Change in Control.

          6.5 Change in Control. If this Agreement is terminated either by the
Executive for Good Reason or by the Company Without Cause, and the termination
occurs within the one (1) year period preceding or the eighteen (18) month
period following the date on which the Change in Control occurs (“Change in
Control Date”):

               (a) As reasonable compensation for services rendered by the Executive to
the Company prior to the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay to the
Executive, in a lump sum cash payment within thirty (30) days after the later
to occur of the Date of Termination or the Change in Control Date, the
aggregate of the following amounts:

		
	 	          (1) any unpaid portion of the Executive’s Base Salary (as in effect
on the Date of Termination) through the Date of Termination, any unpaid
portion of the Annual Incentive Compensation previously awarded to the
Executive, and any accrued but unpaid Vacation Time as of the Date of
Termination;
	 
	 	          (2) an amount equal to three (3) times the sum of the Executive’s
Base Salary (as in effect on the Date of Termination) plus the
Executive’s Targeted Annual Incentive Compensation for the fiscal year
during which the Date of Termination occurs; and
	 
	 	          (3) in the case of compensation previously deferred by the
Executive, all amounts of such compensation previously deferred and not
yet paid by the Company (unless such payment is inconsistent with the
terms of either any payment election made by the Executive with respect
to such deferred compensation or the applicable plan).

               (b) The Company shall promptly pay or reimburse to the Executive any costs
and expenses (and moving and relocation expenses, if otherwise agreed to by the
Company in writing) paid or incurred by the Executive which would have been
payable under Section 4.8 of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had
not terminated.

               (c) The Company shall continue providing medical, dental, and/or vision
coverage to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, at least equal to that
which would have been provided to the Executive under Section 4.7 if the
Executive’s employment had not terminated, until the earlier of (1) the date
the Executive becomes eligible for any comparable medical, dental, or vision
coverage provided by any other employer, or (2) the date the Executive becomes
eligible for Medicare or any similar government-sponsored or provided health
care program (whether or not such coverage is equivalent to that provided by
the Company).

               (d) As reasonable compensation for services provided by the Executive to
the Company prior to the Date of Termination, the Company shall (through an
agency of Company’s choosing) provide outplacement services to the Executive
for a period of one (1) year following the later of the Date of Termination or
the Change in Control Date, provided that the cost of such services shall not
exceed $50,000 (or such higher amount as may be approved by the Board of
Directors (or a committee thereof).

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               (e) The Executive shall fully and immediately vest in his PARSAP awards,
if any, and in his stock options, if any.

               (f) All other obligations of the Company and rights of the Executive
hereunder shall terminate effective as of the Date of Termination; provided,
however, that except as otherwise specifically modified by the terms of this
Agreement the Executive’s rights under the Compensation Plans and Welfare Plans
shall be governed by the terms and provisions of these Plans and are not
necessarily severed on the Date of Termination.

               (g) In the event the Change in Control Date occurs subsequent to the
Executive’s Date of Termination, the payments and benefits provided under this
Section 6.5 shall be reduced by and to the extent of any payments and benefits
previously paid or provided to the Executive under Section 6.3, and in no event
shall the Executive or his family be entitled to any duplicate payments or
benefits.

     7. Executive’s Confidentiality Obligation.

          7.1. The Executive hereby acknowledges, understands and agrees that all
Confidential Information is the exclusive and confidential property of the
Company and its Affiliates which shall at all times be regarded, treated and
protected as such in accordance with this Article 7. The Executive acknowledges
that all such Confidential Information is in the nature of a trade secret.

          7.2. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means
information, that is used in the business of the Company or its Affiliates and
(a) is proprietary to, about or created by the Company or its Affiliates, (b)
gives the Company or its Affiliates some competitive business advantage or the
opportunity of obtaining such advantage or the disclosure of which could be
detrimental to the interests of the Company or its Affiliates, (c) is
designated as Confidential Information by the Company or its Affiliates, is
known by the Executive to be considered confidential by the Company or its
Affiliates, or from all the relevant circumstances should reasonably be assumed
by the Executive to be confidential and proprietary to the Company or its
Affiliates, or (d) is not generally known by non-Company personnel. Such
Confidential Information includes, without limitation, the following types of
information and other information of a similar nature (whether or not reduced
to writing or designed as confidential):

               (a) Internal personnel and financial information of the Company or its
Affiliates, information about vendors that is not generally known but is known
to the Company as a result of the Company’s relationship with the vendor
(including vendor characteristics, services, prices, lists and agreements),
purchasing and internal cost information, internal service and operational
manuals, and the manner and methods of conducting the business of the Company
or its Affiliates;

               (b) Marketing and development plans, price and cost data, price and fee
amounts, pricing and billing policies, quoting procedures, marketing
techniques, forecasts and forecast assumptions and volumes, and future plans
and potential strategies (including, without limitation, all information
relating to any acquisition prospect and the identity of any key contact

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within the organization of any acquisition prospect) of the Company or its
Affiliates which have been or are being discussed;

               (c) Names of customers and their representatives, contracts (including
their contents and parties), customer services, and the type, quantity,
specifications and content of products and services purchased, leased, licensed
or received by customers of the Company or its Affiliates; and

               (d) Confidential and proprietary information provided to the Company or
its Affiliates by any actual or potential customer, government agency or other
third party (including businesses, consultants and other entities and
individuals);

               (e) Any non-public information about the Company’s landfill development
plans, landfill capacity, and the status of the permitting process with respect
to any aspect of the Company’s business; and

               (f) Any non-public information about the existence or status of any
governmental investigation, charge, or lawsuit, the status or the position of
the Company regarding the value of any claim or charge (whether filed by the
government or a third party), the Company’s interest in resolving any such
claim or charge; or any non-public information regarding the Company’s
compliance with federal, state or local laws.

          7.3. As a consequence of the Executive’s acquisition or anticipated
acquisition of Confidential Information, the Executive shall occupy a position
of trust and confidence with respect to the affairs and business of the Company
and its Affiliates. In view of the foregoing, and of the consideration to be
provided to the Executive, the Executive agrees that it is reasonable and
necessary that the Executive make each of the following covenants:

               (a) At any time during the Term and thereafter, the Executive shall not
disclose Confidential Information to any person or entity, either inside or
outside of the Company, other than as necessary in carrying out his duties and
responsibilities as set forth in Article 2, without first obtaining the
Company’s prior written consent (unless such disclosure is compelled pursuant
to court orders or subpoena, and at which time the Executive shall give notice
of such proceedings to the Company).

               (b) At any time during the Term and thereafter, the Executive shall not
use, copy or transfer Confidential Information other than as necessary in
carrying out his duties and responsibilities as set forth in Article 2, without
first obtaining the Company’s prior written consent.

               (c) On the Date of Termination, the Executive shall promptly deliver to
the Company (or its designee) all written materials, records and documents made
by the Executive or which came into his possession prior to or during the Term
concerning, the business or affairs of the Company or its Affiliates,
including, without limitation, all materials containing Confidential
Information.

          7.4 The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the use of the term Company
in this Section 7 means both the Company and its Affiliates.

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     8.  Disclosure of Information, Ideas, Concepts, Improvements, Discoveries
and Inventions. Consistent with the Executive’s fiduciary duties to the Company
and its Affiliates, the Executive agrees that during his employment by the
Company and/or its Affiliates, the Executive shall promptly disclose in writing
to the Company all information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries and
inventions, which are conceived, developed, made or acquired by the Executive,
either individually or jointly with others, and which relate to the business,
products or services of the Company or its Affiliates, irrespective of whether
the Executive used the Company’s or Affiliate’s time or facilities and
irrespective of whether such information, idea, concept, improvement, discovery
or invention was conceived, developed, discovered or acquired by the Executive
on the job, at home, or elsewhere. This obligation extends to all types of
information, ideas and concepts, including, information, ideas and concepts
relating to new types of services, corporate opportunities, acquisition
prospects, the identity of key representatives within acquisition prospect
organizations, prospective names or service marks for the Company’s or
Affiliate’s business activities, and the like.

     9. Ownership of Information, Ideas, Concepts, Improvements, Discoveries
and all Original Works of Authorship.

          9.1. All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, and discoveries which
are conceived, made, developed or acquired by the Executive or which are
disclosed or made known to the Executive, individually or in conjunction with
others, during the Executive’s employment by the Company and/or its Affiliates
and which relate to the business, products or services of the Company or its
Affiliates (including, without limitation, all such information relating to
corporate opportunities, research, financial and sales data, pricing and
trading terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects,
the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts
within the customers’ organizations or within the organization of acquisition
prospects, marketing and merchandising techniques, and prospective names and
service marks) are and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company.
Furthermore, all drawings, memoranda, notes, records, files, correspondence,
manuals, models, specifications, computer programs, maps and all other writings
or materials of any type embodying any of such information, ideas, concepts,
improvements, and discoveries are and shall be the sole and exclusive property
of the Company.

          9.2. In particular, the Executive hereby specifically sells, assigns,
transfers and conveys to the Company all of his worldwide right, title and
interest in and to all such information, ideas, concepts, improvements, and
discoveries, and any United States or foreign applications therefor. The
Executive shall assist the Company and its nominee at all times and in all
manners, during the Term and thereafter, in the protection of such information,
ideas, concepts, improvements, or discoveries.

          9.3. In the event the Executive individually, or jointly with others,
creates, during the Term, any original work of authorship fixed in any tangible
medium of expression which is the subject matter of copyright (such as
videotapes, written presentations on acquisitions, computer programs, drawings,
maps, architectural renditions, models, manuals, brochures or the like)
relating to the Company’s or its Affiliate’s business products or services, the
Company shall be deemed the author of such work if the work is prepared by the
Executive within the scope of his employment; or, if the work is not prepared
by the Executive within the scope of his employment but is specially

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ordered by
the Company or its Affiliates as a contribution to a collective work, as a part
of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary
work, as a compilation or as an instructional text, then the work shall be
considered to be a work made for hire, and the Company shall be the author of
such work. If such work is neither prepared by the Executive within the scope
of his employment nor a work specially ordered and deemed to be a work made for
hire, then the Executive hereby agrees to sell, transfer, assign and convey,
and by these presents, does sell, transfer, assign and convey, to the Company
all of the Executive’s worldwide right, title and interest in and to such work
and all rights of copyright therein. The Executive agrees to assist the Company
and its Affiliates, at all times, during the Term and thereafter, in the
protection of the Company’s worldwide right, title and interest in and to such
work and all rights of copyright therein, which assistance shall include, but
shall not be limited to, the execution of all documents requested by the
Company or its nominee and the execution of all lawful oaths and applications
for registration of copyright in the United States and foreign countries.

     10.
Executive’s Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Obligations.

          10.1. Non-Competition. During the Applicable Period, the Executive shall
not, acting alone or in conjunction with others, directly or indirectly,
engage, participate, invest, accept employment or render services as a
principal, director, officer, agent, employee, employer, consultant or in any
other individual or representative capacity in or with any business which
competes, directly or indirectly, with the Company’s business in any of the
business territories in which the Company or any of its Affiliates is presently
or from time to time during the Term or at the Date of Termination conducting
business, or take any action inconsistent with the fiduciary relationship of an
employee to his employer; provided, however, that the beneficial ownership by
the Executive of up to 3% of the Voting Stock of any corporation subject to the
periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act shall not violate this
Section 10.1.

          10.2. Non-Solicitation. During the Applicable Period, the Executive
agrees that he shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) induce, entice or solicit
any employee of the Company to leave his employment, (b) contact, communicate
or solicit any customer or acquisition prospect of the Company derived from any
customer list, customer lead, mail, printed matter or other information secured
from the Company or its present or past employees (other than in connection
with the performance of his services for the Company in accordance with Article
2 of this Agreement), or (c) in any other manner use any customer lists or
customer leads, mail, telephone numbers, printed material or other information
of the Company relating thereto (other than in connection with the performance
of his services for the Company in accordance with Article 2 of this
Agreement).

          10.3 Applicable Period. For purposes of Sections 10.1 and 10.2 above, the
term “Applicable Period” means the period of time beginning on the Effective
Date of this Agreement and ending on (a) the date of the three (3) year
anniversary of the Date of Termination if the termination is either by the
Company for Cause or by the Executive Without Good Reason, (b) the date of the
one (1) year anniversary of the Date of Termination if the termination is not
in connection with a Change in Control (as described in Section 6.5) and is
either by the Company Without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, or (c)
the Date of Termination if the termination is (1) by the Company due to the
Executive’s death or Disability, (2) in connection with a Change in Control (as
described in Section 6.5) and by the Company Without Cause or by the Executive
for Good Reason, or (3) by the Executive upon Retirement.

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     11.
Miscellaneous.

          11.1. Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given
when delivered by hand or mailed by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, as follows (provided that notice of a change of address
shall be deemed given only when received):

If to the Company:

          Allied Waste Industries, Inc.

          15880 North Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 100

          Scottsdale, Arizona 85260

          Attn: Senior Vice-President and General Counsel

If to the Executive:

          Thomas W. Ryan

          6460 East Cactus Wren Place

          Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253

or to such other names or addresses as the Company or the Executive, as the
case may be, shall designate by notice to the other party in the manner
specified in this Section 11.1.

          11.2. Waiver of Breach. The waiver by any party of a breach of any
provision of this Agreement shall neither operate nor be construed as a waiver
of any subsequent breach by any party. No breach shall be deemed waived unless
the waiver is in a writing signed by the non-breaching party.

          11.3. Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company, its successors, legal representatives and assigns, and
upon the Executive, his heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives
and assigns; provided, however, the Executive agrees that his rights and
obligations hereunder are personal to him and may not be assigned without the
express written consent of the Company.

          11.4. Entire Agreement, No Oral Amendments. This Agreement, together with
any schedule or exhibit attached hereto and any document, policy, rule or
regulation referred to herein, replaces and merges all previous agreements and
discussions relating to the same or similar subject matter between the
Executive and the Company and constitutes the entire agreement between the
Executive and the Company with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
This Agreement may not be modified in any respect by any verbal statement,
representation or agreement made by any employee, officer, or representative of
the Company or by any written agreement unless signed by an officer of the
Company who is expressly authorized by the Company to execute such document.

          11.5. Enforceability. If any provision of this Agreement or application
thereof to anyone or under any circumstances shall be determined to be invalid
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invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any
other provisions or applications of this Agreement which can be given effect
without the invalid or unenforceable provision or application.

          11.6. Jurisdiction, Venue. The laws of the State of Arizona shall govern
the interpretation, validity and effect of this Agreement without regard to the
place of execution or the place for performance thereof, and the Company and
the Executive agree that the courts situated in Maricopa County, Arizona shall
have personal jurisdiction over the Company and the Executive to hear all
disputes arising under this Agreement. This Agreement is to be at least
partially performed in Maricopa County, Arizona, and as such, the Company and
the Executive agree that venue shall be proper with the courts in Maricopa
County, Arizona to hear such disputes. In the event either party is not able to
effect service of process upon the other party with respect to such disputes,
the Company and the Executive expressly agree that the Secretary of State for
the State of Arizona shall be an agent of the Company and/or the Executive to
receive service of process on behalf of the Company and/or the Executive with
respect to such disputes.

          11.7 Injunctive Relief. The Company and the Executive agree that a breach
of any term of this Agreement by the Executive would cause irreparable damage
to the Company and that, in the event of such breach, the Company shall have,
in addition to any and all remedies of law, the right to any injunction,
specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent or to redress the
violation of the Executive’s obligations under this Agreement.

          11.8 Withholding. All payments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be
net of payroll and withholding deductions as may be required by law and other
deductions that are either applied generally to employees of the Company for
insurance and other employee benefit plans or authorized by Executive.

	 	 	 
	Dated: August      , 2003.	
ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By	 
	 	 	

	 	Title	 
	 	 	

“Company”

	 	 	 
	Dated: August      , 2003	

	 	
Thomas W. Ryan

“Executive”

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EXHIBIT A

Utilizing his extensive experience in corporate finance and
governance, and seeking new knowledge and ideas from internal and
external sources, the Executive Vice President and Vice Chairman
will have an active role on the Company’s senior management team,
with responsibilities for providing advice and counsel to, and
coordination with, the Chief Executive Officer and other officers.
He will be responsible for analyzing, recommending, developing
and ensuring implementation of significant strategic initiatives
on behalf of the CEO and senior management team (including
initiatives with respect to the Company’s surety and bonding
arrangements, health and welfare provider arrangements,
shareholder transition issues, and corporate identity and investor
matters other than investor relations). He will foster
professional growth, enhance corporate governance, provide
oversight for all internal audit functions, and execute such other
assignments as he may receive from the CEO or Board of Directors.
He is encouraged to participate in external organizations and,
with the prior consent of the Company’s Board of Directors (or a
Committee thereof), to serve on the boards of directors of other
public and private companies, to the extent that such
participation may foster knowledge and ideas of value to the
Company. He will continue to devote his entire business skill,
time, and efforts diligently to the affairs of the Company in
accordance with the duties assigned to him, and will perform all
such duties, and otherwise conduct himself, in a manner reasonably
calculated in good faith by him to promote the best interests of
the Company.<PAGE>
                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                                                                    Exhibit 10.4

                        ALLIED WASTE NORTH AMERICA, INC.

                          -----------------------------

                                  $350,000,000
                          6-1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2010

                          -----------------------------

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2003

                          -----------------------------

                          CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
                           J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
                         CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
                          DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
                               UBS SECURITIES LLC
                         BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
                          BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.
                      CREDIT LYONNAIS SECURITIES (USA) INC.
                             FLEET SECURITIES, INC.
                            SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
<PAGE>
         This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into as of November 10, 2003, by and among Allied Waste North America,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), Allied Waste Industries Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "PARENT GUARANTOR"), each of the entities listed on
Schedule A hereto (each, including the Parent Guarantor, a "GUARANTOR" and,
collectively, the "GUARANTORS"), and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
UBS Securities LLC, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities
Corp., Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc. and Scotia
Capital (USA) Inc. (each, an "INITIAL PURCHASER" and, collectively, the "INITIAL
PURCHASERS"), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company's 6-1/2% Senior
Notes due 2010 (the "SERIES A NOTES") pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as
defined below).

         This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated
November 5, 2003 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), by and among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers
to purchase the Series A Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers under
the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture Supplement (the
"INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT"), dated November 10, 2003, to the Indenture dated
December 23, 1998, among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
Association as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE"), relating to the Notes (the "BASE
INDENTURE" and, together with the Indenture Supplement, the "INDENTURE").

         The parties hereby agree as follows:

1        DEFINITIONS

         As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have
the following meanings:

         ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         BUSINESS DAY: Any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day in the
City of New York, or in the city of the corporate trust office of the Trustee,
on which banks are authorized to close.

         BROKER-DEALER: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

         CERTIFICATED SECURITIES: As defined in the Indenture.

         CLOSING DATE: The date hereof.

         COMMISSION: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

         CONSUMMATE: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for
purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and
effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
relating to the Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the
maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the
keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the period
required pursuant to Section 3(b)

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hereof and (c) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture
of Series B Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate
principal amount of Series A Notes tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the
Exchange Offer.

         CONSUMMATION DEADLINE: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.

         EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE: As defined in Sections 3(a) hereof.

         ELECTING HOLDER: Any holder of Series A Notes that has supplied the
information requested by the Company in accordance with Section 4(b).

         EXCHANGE ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

         EXCHANGE OFFER: The exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal
amount of Series B Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of
Series A Notes that are tendered by such Holders in connection with such
exchange and issuance.

         EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT: The Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

         EXEMPT RESALES: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers
propose to sell the Series A Notes (i) to certain "qualified institutional
buyers," as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act, or (ii) outside the
United States in reliance upon Regulation S under the Act to non-U.S. persons.

         FILING DEADLINE: As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.

         HOLDER: As defined in Section 2 hereof.

         NOTES: The Series A Notes and the Series B Notes.

         PROSPECTUS: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the
time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
into such Prospectus.

         RECOMMENCEMENT DATE: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

         REGISTRATION DEFAULT: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

         REGISTRATION STATEMENT: Any registration statement of the Company and
the Guarantors relating to (a) an offering of Series B Notes pursuant to an
Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) which
is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the
Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including
post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by
reference therein.

         REGULATION S: Regulation S promulgated under the Act.

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         RULE 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.

         SERIES B NOTES: The Company's 6-1/2% Series B Senior Notes due 2010 to
be issued pursuant to the Indenture (i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) as
contemplated by Section 4 hereof.

         SHELF EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

         SHELF FILING DEADLINE: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

         SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

         SUSPENSION NOTICE: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

         TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date of the Indenture.

         TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES: Each (A) Series A Note, until the
earliest to occur of (i) the date on which such Series A Note is exchanged in
the Exchange Offer for a Series B Note which is entitled to be resold to the
public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Act, (ii) the date on which such Series A Note has been
disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement (and the
purchasers thereof have been issued Series B Notes), or (iii) the date on which
such Series A Note is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Act and (B) Series B Note held by a Broker-Dealer until the date on which such
Series B Note is disposed of by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the "Plan of
Distribution" contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(including the delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).

2        HOLDERS

         A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
(each, a "HOLDER") whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

3        REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

         (a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable
federal law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been
complied with), the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission as soon as
practicable after the Closing Date, but in no event later than 120 days after
the Closing Date (such 120th day being the "FILING DEADLINE"), (ii) use their
respective reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event
later than 210 days after the Closing Date (such 210th day being the
"EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE"), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all
pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be
necessary in order to cause it to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a
post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant
to Rule 430A under the Act and (C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in
connection with the registration and qualification of the Series B Notes to be
made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit
Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, use their respective reasonable best
efforts to commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The

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Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting (i) registration of
the Series B Notes to be offered in exchange for the Series A Notes that are
Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) resales of Series B Notes by
Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange Offer Series A Notes that such
Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market making
activities or other trading activities (other than Series A Notes acquired
directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) as contemplated by Section
3(c) below.

         (b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective
reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be
effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of
not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state
securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no
event shall such period be less than 30 days. The Company and the Guarantors
shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state
securities laws. No securities other than the Series B Notes and the Guarantees
shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and
the Guarantors shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event
later than 45 days thereafter (such 45th day being the "CONSUMMATION DEADLINE").

         (c) The Company shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section in the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate
therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that
were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities (other than Series A Notes acquired
directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such "Plan of
Distribution" section shall also contain all other information with respect to
such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to
permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not
name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the
Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the
date of this Agreement. See the Shearman & Sterling no-action letter (available
July 2, 1993).

         Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Series B
Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the
Guarantors shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus
delivery requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of
Series B Notes by Broker-Dealers, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use
their respective best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and
subject to the provisions of Sections 6(a) and (c) hereof and in conformity with
the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and
regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of 90
days from the Consummation Deadline. The Company and the Guarantors shall
provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to such
Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than one day after
such request, at any time during such period.

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4        SHELF REGISTRATION

         (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Exchange Offer is not permitted by
applicable law (after the Company and the Guarantors have complied with the
procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below) or (ii) if any Holder shall
notify the Company within 20 Business Days following the Consummation of the
Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law or Commission policy
from participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) such Holder may not resell the
Series B Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without
delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such
Holder, then the Company and the Guarantors shall:

                  (x) cause to be filed, on or prior to 30 days after the
         earlier of (i) the date on which the Company determines that the
         Exchange Offer Registration Statement cannot be filed as a result of
         clause (a)(i) above and (ii) the date on which the Company receives the
         notice specified in clause (a)(ii) above (such earlier date, the "SHELF
         FILING DEADLINE"), a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415
         under the Act (which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer
         Registration Statement (the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT")), relating
         to all Transfer Restricted Securities, and

                  (y) use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause such
         Shelf Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 120
         days after the Filing Deadline for the Shelf Registration Statement
         (such 120th day, the "SHELF EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE").

         If, after the Company has filed an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Company is
required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely
because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law (i.e.,
clause (a)(i) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above;
provided that, in such event, the Company shall remain obligated to meet the
Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y).

         To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement
is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof
entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required
to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Company and
the Guarantors shall use their respective best efforts to keep any Shelf
Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective,
supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions
of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this
Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as
announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years (as extended
pursuant to Section 6(c)(i)) following the date on which such Shelf Registration
Statement first becomes effective under the Act or such shorter period that will
terminate when all the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement or are eligible for resale under Rule 144(k) of the Act.

         (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder may include any of its Transfer
Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this
Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing,
within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, the information specified in
Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Act for use in
connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein.

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No Holder shall be entitled to Special Interest pursuant to Section 5 hereof
unless and until such Holder shall have provided all such information. Each
selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional information required to be
disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company
by such Holder not materially misleading.

5        SPECIAL INTEREST

         If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
filed with the Commission on or prior to the Filing Deadline or Shelf Filing
Deadline, as applicable, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline
or Shelf Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not
been Consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline or (iv) any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared
effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective (except as specifically
permitted herein) or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being
succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration
Statement that cures such failure and that is itself immediately declared
effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a
"REGISTRATION DEFAULT" and each period during which a Registration Default has
occurred and is continuing, a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT PERIOD"), then the Company
and the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay to each Holder
affected thereby liquidated damages as special interest ("SPECIAL INTEREST") in
an amount which shall accrue at a per annum rate of 0.25% for the first 90 days
of the Registration Default Period, at a per annum rate of 0.50% for the second
90 days of the Registration Default Period, at a per annum rate of 0.75% for the
third 90 days of the Registration Default Period and at a per annum rate of 1.0%
thereafter for the remaining portion of the Registration Default Period.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional
Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared
effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the Special Interest payable
with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause
(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), or (5) once the Transfer Restricted Securities are
eligible for resale under Rule 144(k) of the Act, as applicable, shall cease (at
which time the interest rate shall be restored to its initial rate).

         All accrued Special Interest shall be paid to the Holders entitled
thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on
each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the
Notes. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which Special Interest
is due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors to pay Special Interest with respect to securities
shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such
securities shall have been satisfied in full.

6        REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

         (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall (x) use their respective
best efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Series B Notes
by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer

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Series A Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result
of its market making activities or other trading activities (other than Series A
Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and (y)
comply with all of the following provisions:

                  (i) If, following the date hereof there has been announced a
         change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the
         Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the
         Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer
         is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company and the Guarantors
         hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision
         from the Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to
         Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities.
         The Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to pursue the issuance of
         such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required
         to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of
         Commission policy. In connection with the foregoing, the Company and
         the Guarantors hereby agree to take all such other reasonable actions
         as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise required in
         connection with the issuance of such decision, including without
         limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the
         Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared
         by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon
         which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be
         permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be
         favorable) by the Commission staff.

                  (ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange
         Offer, each Holder (including, without limitation, any Holder who is a
         Broker Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to
         the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the
         Company and the Guarantors (which may be contained in the letter of
         transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement)
         to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is
         not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no
         arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a
         distribution of the Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer
         and (C) it is acquiring the Series B Notes in its ordinary course of
         business. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer,
         each Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution
         of the Series B Notes shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales
         are of Series B Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Series A
         Notes acquired directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it
         (1) could not, under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this
         Agreement, rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan
         Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital
         Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the
         Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and
         similar no-action letters (including, if applicable, any no-action
         letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with
         the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in
         connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a
         secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective
         registration statement containing the selling security holder
         information required by Items 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation
         S-K.

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                  (iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
         Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall, if
         requested by the staff of the Commission, provide a supplemental letter
         to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and the Guarantors are
         registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the
         Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available
         May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as
         interpreted in the Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated
         July 2, 1993, and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained
         pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that
         neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into any arrangement
         or understanding with any Person to distribute the Series B Notes to be
         received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the best of the Company's
         and each Guarantor's information and belief, each Holder participating
         in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Series B Notes in its ordinary
         course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any
         Person to participate in the distribution of the Series B Notes
         received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other undertaking or
         representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action
         letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable.

                  (iv) to cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
         later than the effective date of the Registration Statement and in
         connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to
         effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such
         Indenture to be qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and
         execute and use their respective best efforts to cause the Trustee to
         execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and
         all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission
         to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.

         (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

                  (i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and
         use their respective best efforts to effect such registration to permit
         the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance
         with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof (as
         indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to
         Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company and the
         Guarantors will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration
         Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under
         the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer
         Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods
         of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in
         accordance with the provisions hereof, and

                  (ii) issue, upon the request of any Holder or purchaser of
         Series A Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated
         by this Agreement, Series B Notes having an aggregate principal amount
         equal to the aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes sold pursuant
         to the Shelf Registration Statement and surrendered to the Company for
         cancellation; the Company shall register Series B Notes on the Shelf
         Registration Statement for this purpose and

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         issue the Series B Notes to the purchaser(s) of securities subject to
         the Shelf Registration Statement in the names as such purchaser(s)
         shall designate.

         (c) General Shelf Provisions. In connection with any Shelf Registration
Statement and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company and
the Guarantors shall:

                  (i) use their respective best efforts to keep such
         Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite
         financial statements for the period specified in Sections 3 or 4 of
         this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that
         would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained
         therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to
         state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
         misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer
         Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the
         Company and the Guarantors shall file promptly an appropriate amendment
         to such Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission
         review is required, use their respective best efforts to cause such
         amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable.
         Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may suspend the offering and
         sales under the Exchange Offer Registration Statement subsequent to the
         Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement
         for up to 60 days in each year during which such Exchange Offer
         Registration Statement is required to be effective and usable hereunder
         subsequent to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or such Shelf
         Registration Statement is required to be effective and usable hereunder
         (measured from the date of effectiveness of such Shelf Registration
         Statement to successive anniversaries thereof) if (A) either (y)(I) the
         Company shall be engaged in a material acquisition or disposition and
         (II)(aa) such acquisition or disposition is required to be disclosed in
         the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration
         Statement, the related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
         thereto, or the failure by the Company to disclose such transaction in
         the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration
         Statement or related Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
         thereto, as then amended or supplemented, would cause such Exchange
         Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, or
         amendment thereto, to contain an untrue statement of material fact or
         omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement
         therein not misleading, or would cause such Prospectus, or supplement
         thereto, to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to
         state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement therein
         not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they were
         made, (bb) information regarding the existence of such acquisition or
         disposition has not then been publicly disclosed by or on behalf of the
         Company and (cc) a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company
         determines in the exercise of its good faith judgment that disclosure
         of such acquisition or disposition would not be in the best interest of
         the Company or would have a material adverse effect on the consummation
         of such acquisition or disposition or (z) a majority of the Board of
         Directors of the Company determines in the exercise of its good faith
         judgment that compliance with the disclosure obligations set forth in
         this Section 6(c)(i) would otherwise have a material adverse effect on
         the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (B) the Company
         notifies the Holders within two business days after such Board of
         Directors makes

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         the relevant determination set forth in clause (A); provided, however,
         that in each such case the applicable period specified in Section 3
         (subsequent to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer) and Section 4
         hereof during which the applicable Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement or Shelf Registration Statement is required to be kept
         effective and usable shall be extended by the number of days during
         which such effectiveness was suspended pursuant to the foregoing and
         Special Interest shall not apply during any period the Company is
         permitted to suspend offerings and sales under this sentence;

                  (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
         post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as
         may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
         applicable period set forth in Sections 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may
         be; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus
         supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
         under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as
         applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the
         provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
         covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in
         accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the
         sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement
         to the Prospectus;

                  (iii) advise each Holder promptly and, if requested by such
         Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any
         Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and,
         with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any
         post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,
         (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration
         Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for
         additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the
         Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
         Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any state
         securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted
         Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation
         of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the
         existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any
         statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the
         Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any document
         incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making
         of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement in order
         to make the statements therein not misleading, or that requires the
         making of any additions to or changes in the Prospectus in order to
         make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
         which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission
         shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
         Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other
         regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification
         or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities
         under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company and the Guarantors
         shall use their respective best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or
         lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

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                  (iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event
         contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have
         occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the
         Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document
         incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document
         so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
         Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
         necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
         circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

                  (v) furnish to each Holder, who shall certify to the Company
         that they have a present intention to sell Transfer Restricted
         Securities in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, before
         filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any
         Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any
         such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents
         incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration
         Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment
         of such Holders in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of
         at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such
         Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to
         any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such
         documents incorporated by reference) to which such Holders shall
         reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof;

                  (vi) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to
         be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or
         Prospectus, provide copies of such document to each Holder in
         connection with such exchange or sale, if any, make the Company's and
         the Guarantors' representatives available for discussion of such
         document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such
         information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such
         Holders may reasonably request;

                  (vii) make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by
         each Holder and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders who
         shall certify to the Company that they have a current intention to sell
         the Transfer Restricted Securities, all financial and other records,
         pertinent corporate documents of the Company and the Guarantors and
         cause the Company's and the Guarantors' officers, directors and
         employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
         Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration
         Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the
         filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness, in the reasonable
         judgment of counsel for the Company, to conduct a reasonable
         investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act;
         provided, however, that each such party shall be required to maintain
         in confidence and not to disclose to any other person any information
         or records designated by the Company in writing as being confidential,
         until such time as (A) such information becomes a matter of public
         record (whether by virtue of its inclusion in such registration
         statement or otherwise), or (B) such person shall be required, or shall
         deem it advisable, so to disclose such information pursuant to the
         subpoena or order of any court or other governmental agency or body
         having jurisdiction over the matter (subject to the requirement of such
         order, and only after

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         such person shall have given the Company prompt prior written notice
         thereof), or (C) such information is required to be set forth in such
         Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, in order that such
         Registration Statement or amendment thereto does not contain an untrue
         statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         in order to make the statement therein not misleading, or such
         information is required to be set forth in the Prospectus, or
         supplement thereto, in order that such Prospectus, or supplement
         thereto, does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
         omit to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
         necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the
         circumstances under which they were made;

                  (viii) if requested by any Holders in connection with such
         exchange or sale, promptly include in any Registration Statement or
         Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if
         necessary, such information as such Holders may reasonably request to
         have included therein, including, without limitation, information
         relating to the "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted
         Securities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement
         or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is
         notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or
         post-effective amendment;

                  (ix) furnish to each Holder in connection with such exchange
         or sale, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration
         Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment
         thereto, including, at the request of such Holder, all documents
         incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including, at the
         request of such Holder, exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

                  (x) deliver to each Holder without charge, as many copies of
         the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
         amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request;
         the Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance
         with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by
         each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the
         Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any
         amendment or supplement thereto;

                  (xi) upon the request of any Holder, enter into such
         agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such
         representations and warranties and take all such other actions in
         connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition
         of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any applicable
         Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement as may be
         reasonably requested by any Holder in connection with any sale or
         resale pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement. In such
         connection, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

                           (A) upon request of any Holder, furnish (or in the
                  case of paragraphs (2) and (3), use their respective best
                  efforts to cause to be furnished) to each Holder upon the
                  effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:

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                                    (1) a certificate, dated such date, signed
                           on behalf of the Company and each Guarantor by (x)
                           the President or any Vice President and (y) a
                           principal financial or accounting officer of the
                           Company and such Guarantor, confirming, as of the
                           date thereof, the matters set forth in Sections 9(a)
                           and 9(b) of the Purchase Agreement and such other
                           similar matters as such Holder may reasonably
                           request;

                                    (2) an opinion, dated the date of
                           Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of
                           effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as
                           the case may be, of counsel for the Company and the
                           Guarantors covering matters similar to those set
                           forth in Exhibit A of the Purchase Agreement and such
                           other matters as such Holder may reasonably request,
                           including the last paragraph of Exhibit A relating to
                           the Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer
                           Registration Statement, as the case may be; and

                                    (3) a customary comfort letter, dated the
                           date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, or as of
                           the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
                           Statement, as the case may be, from the Company's
                           independent accountants, in the customary form and
                           covering matters of the type customarily covered in
                           comfort letters to underwriters in connection with
                           underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set
                           forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to
                           Section 9(g) of the Purchase Agreement; and

                           (B) deliver such other documents and certificates as
                  may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence
                  compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and
                  with any customary conditions contained in any agreement
                  entered into by the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to
                  this clause (xi);

                  (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
         Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in
         connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer
         Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
         jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all
         other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition
         in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
         the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither
         the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to register or qualify
         as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified but for the
         requirements of this clause (xii) or to take any action that would
         subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other
         than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration
         Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject, or make
         any changes to their respective certificates of incorporation or
         by-laws or any agreement between the Company and its stockholders or
         the Guarantors and their stockholders;

                  (xiii) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted
         Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer
         Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the
         timely preparation and delivery of

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         certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and
         not bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer
         Restricted Securities in such denominations and such names as the
         selling Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such
         sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;

                  (xiv) use their respective best efforts to cause the
         disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
         Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other
         governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the
         seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such
         Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in
         clause (xii) above;

                  (xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted
         Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration
         Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the
         Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer
         Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the
         Depository Trust Company;

                  (xvi) otherwise use their respective best efforts to comply
         with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make
         generally available to its security holders with regard to any
         applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a
         consolidated earning statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158
         (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning
         after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is
         defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act);

                  (xvii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
         later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement
         required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with
         the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as
         may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance
         with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use their respective best
         efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be
         required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents
         required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be
         so qualified in a timely manner; and

                  (xviii) provide promptly to each Holder, upon request, each
         document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of
         Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

         (d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a
Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in
Section 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact
of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a
"SUSPENSION NOTICE"), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement
until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is
advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed,
and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the "RECOMMENCEMENT
DATE"). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will
either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other

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than permanent file copies, then in such Holder's possession which have been
replaced by the Company with more recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to
the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file
copies, then in such Holder's possession of the Prospectus covering such
Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of the
Suspension Notice. The time period regarding the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement set forth in Sections 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall
be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period from
and including the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice to the date of
delivery of the Recommencement Date.

7        REGISTRATION EXPENSES

         (a) All expenses incident to the Company's and the Guarantors'
performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company,
regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including
without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all
fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or
securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates
for the Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of
Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Guarantors and the Holders; (v)
all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Series B Notes on
a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the
requirements hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent
certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the
expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to
such performance). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders being registered
shall pay all agency fees and commissions and underwriting discounts and
commissions attributable to the sale of such Transfer Restricted Securities and
the fees and disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained
by such holders (severally or jointly), other than the counsel and experts
specifically referred to above.

           The Company will, in any event, bear its and the Guarantors' internal
expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special
experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.

8        INDEMNIFICATION

         (a) The Company and the Guarantors agree, jointly and severally, to
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers and each
Person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, (including without limitation, any
reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto) provided by the Company to any Holder or any prospective
purchaser of Series B Notes or registered Series A Notes, or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are
caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission that is based upon

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information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company
by any of the Holders.

         (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors, and their respective directors and
officers, and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, or the Guarantors
to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the
Guarantors set forth in section (a) above, but only with reference to
information relating to such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such
Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In case any action or
proceeding shall be brought against the Company, the Guarantors or any of their
directors or officers or any such controlling person in respect of which
indemnity may be sought against a Holder, such Holder shall have the rights and
duties given the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to this Section 8; and the
Company and the Guarantors, such directors or officers or such controlling
person shall have the right and duties given to each Holder pursuant to this
Section 8.

         (c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PERSON") in writing
and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and
the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that
in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant
to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the
defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate
counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder).
Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by
the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume
the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for
all indemnified parties and all such reasonable fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a
majority of the Holders, in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 8(a), and by the Company and Guarantors, in the case of parties
indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be
obligated to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any
settlement of any action effected without the indemnifying party's written
consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the
entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or

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threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought
hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such
action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.

         (d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section
8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holder, on the other hand, from their sale
of Transfer Restricted Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
8(d)(i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above
but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and of the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on
the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or such Guarantor, on the one hand, or by the Holder, on the other hand,
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

         The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined
by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any
action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its
directors, its officers or any Person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be
required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the
amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the
amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders'
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in
proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
held by each Holder hereunder and not joint.

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9        UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING

         (a) Selection of Underwriters. If any of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold pursuant
to an underwritten offering, the managing underwriter or underwriters thereof
shall be designated by the Company.

         (b) Participation by Holders. Each Holder hereby agrees with each other
such Holder that no such Holder may participate in any underwritten offering
hereunder unless such Holder (i) agrees to sell such Holder's Transfer
Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms
of such underwriting arrangements.

10       RULE 144A AND RULE 144

         The Company and each Guarantor agrees with each Holder, for so long as
any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in
which the Company or such Guarantor (i) is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder
or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any
sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted
Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the information
required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales of such
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A, and (ii) is subject to
Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act, to make all filings required thereby
in a timely manner in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to Rule 144.

11       MISCELLANEOUS

         (a) Remedies. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that
any failure by the Company and the Guarantors to comply with their respective
obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material irreparable
injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate
remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries
precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or
any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the
Company's and the Guarantors' obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof. The
Company and the Guarantors further agree to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

         (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor
will, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with
respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the
Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has previously entered into any agreement
granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person
other than as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum.
The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and
are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of the Company's and
the Guarantors' securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

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         (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5
hereof and this Section 10(c)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent
of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the
case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written
consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the
Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent
to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights
of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered pursuant to
the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights
of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered
pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of
the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to
such Exchange Offer.

         (d) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and
shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may
deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights
of Holders hereunder.

         (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

                           (i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the
                  records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to
                  the Registrar under the Indenture; and

                           (ii) if to the Company or the Guarantors:

                               15880 North Greenway - Hayden
                               Loop, Suite 100
                               Scottsdale, Arizona  85260

                               Telecopier No.:  (602) 627-2703
                               Attention:  Steve Helm, Esq.

                               With a copy to:

                               Latham & Watkins LLP
                               885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
                               New York, NY  10022

                               Telecopier No.:  (212) 751-4864
                               Attention:  Gregory A. Ezring, Esq.

         All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business
Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day, if timely delivered
to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

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         Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.

         (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties,
including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment,
subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any
assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in
violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If
any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by
taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such Person shall be
conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set
forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such
Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

         (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

         (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

         (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

         (j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

         (k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a
final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein
with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer
Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

                                     ALLIED WASTE NORTH AMERICA, INC.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Thomas P. Martin
                                        Title: Treasurer

                                     ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Thomas P. Martin
                                        Title: Treasurer

                                     EACH ENTITY LISTED ON SCHEDULE A,
                                     as Guarantors

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Thomas P. Martin
                                        Title: Treasurer
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on behalf of
the Initial Purchasers.

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

By:
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   Name:
   Title:
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                                   SCHEDULE A

                                   GUARANTORS

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