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exv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

$175,000,000

WCA WASTE CORPORATION

7.50% Senior Notes due 2019

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

May 26, 2011

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”),

As Representative of the Several Purchasers,

Eleven Madison Avenue,

New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

     1. Introductory. WCA Waste Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), agrees with
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as the representative (the “Representative”) of the several
initial purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (the “Purchasers”) subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several Purchasers U.S.$175,000,000 principal
amount of its 7.50% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”) to be issued under an indenture, dated as
of June 7, 2011 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and
BOKF,N.A. d/b/a Bank of Texas, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

     The Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by each of the entities listed
on Schedule B attached hereto and any future domestic subsidiaries of the Company that are required
to guarantee the Notes pursuant to the Indenture (each a “Guarantor” and together, the
“Guarantors”). The Notes together with the Guarantees are herein collectively referred to as the
“Offered Securities.”

     The holders of the Offered Securities will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below) among the Company, each Guarantor
and the Representative (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company and
each Guarantor agree to file (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to
another series of debt securities of the Company with terms substantially identical to the Notes
(the “Exchange Notes,” and together with the Guarantees related thereto, the “Exchange Securities”)
to be offered in exchange for the Notes (the “Exchange Offer”) and (ii) under certain
circumstances, a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act.

     The issuance and sale of the Notes, the issuance of the Guarantees and the payment of
transaction fees and expenses related thereto are referred to herein collectively as the
“Transactions.”

     The Company and each Guarantor hereby agree with the several Purchasers as follows:

 

 

     2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and each Guarantor. The Company and each
Guarantor, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, the several Purchasers
that:

     (a) Offering Circulars; Certain Defined Terms. The Company has prepared or will
prepare a Preliminary Offering Circular and a Final Offering Circular.

     For purposes of this Agreement:

     “Applicable Time” means 11:10 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement.

     “Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.

     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “Final Offering Circular” means the final confidential offering circular relating to the
Offered Securities to be offered by the Purchasers that discloses the offering price and other
final terms of the Offered Securities and is dated as of the date of this Agreement (even if
finalized and issued subsequent to the date of this Agreement).

     “Free Writing Communication” means a written communication (as such term is defined in Rule
405) that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Offered Securities
and is made by means other than the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular.

     “General Disclosure Package” means the Preliminary Offering Circular together with any Issuer
Free Writing Communication existing at the Applicable Time and the information in which is intended
for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule
C hereto.

     “Issuer Free Writing Communication” means a Free Writing Communication prepared by or on
behalf of the Company, used or referred to by the Company or containing a description of the final
terms of the Offered Securities or of their offering, in the form retained in the Company’s
records.

     “Preliminary Offering Circular” means the preliminary confidential offering
circular, dated May 23, 2011, relating to the Offered Securities to be offered by the
Purchasers.

     “Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.

     “Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     “Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”), the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules,
standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley)
promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as applicable, the
rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market (the “Exchange Rules”).

     “Supplemental Marketing Material” means any Issuer Free Writing Communication other than any
Issuer Free Writing Communication specified in Schedule C hereto. Supplemental

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Marketing Materials include, but are not limited to, the electronic Bloomberg roadshow slides
and the accompanying audio recording.

     References herein to the Preliminary Offering Circular, the General Disclosure Package and the
Final Offering Circular shall be deemed to refer to and include any document incorporated by
reference therein.

     Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the
Securities Act.

     (b) Disclosure. As of the date of this Agreement, the Final Offering Circular does
not, and as of the Closing Date, the Final Offering Circular will not, include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. At the Applicable Time, and as of the Closing Date, neither (i) the General
Disclosure Package, nor (ii) any individual Supplemental Marketing Material, when
considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, or will include, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, or will omit, to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The preceding two sentences do not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Preliminary Offering Circular or Final Offering
Circular, the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material based upon
written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser through the Representative
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof. Except as disclosed in the
General Disclosure Package, on the date of this Agreement, the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K most recently filed with the Commission and all subsequent reports
(collectively, the “Exchange Act Reports”) which have been filed by the Company with the
Commission or sent to stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by
reference in the Preliminary Offering Circular or Final Offering Circular, do not include
any 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. The Exchange Act Reports, when they were filed with the Commission,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Rules
and Regulations.

     (c) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power
and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the General Disclosure Package; and the Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which
its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in
good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

     (d) Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly formed and is an
existing corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, with power and
authority (corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, and
other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General
Disclosure Package; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its

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ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in
good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding
equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly
issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the equity interests of each subsidiary
owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens,
encumbrances and defects.

     (e) Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and each
Guarantor, and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, the Indenture
will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company and each Guarantor,
enforceable against the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as
the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors or by general equitable principles. The Notes to be purchased by the Purchasers
from the Company will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, and have been duly
authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, and, when
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, the Notes will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and will
be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Guarantees have been duly authorized by
such Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, and, when the Indenture has
been duly executed and delivered and the Notes have been executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered
against payment of the purchase price therefor, the Guarantees will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance
with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the
rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

     (f) No Finder’s Fee. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that
would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Purchaser for a brokerage
commission, finder’s fee or other like payment as a result of the transactions
contemplated by the Preliminary Offering Circular.

     (g) Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly
authorized by the Company and the Guarantors; and, when the Offered Securities are
delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date, the Registration
Rights Agreement will have been duly executed and delivered and will be the valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance
with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the rights
and remedies of creditors and to general equity principles.

     (h) Exchange Securities. On the Closing Date, the Exchange Notes will have been duly
authorized by the Company; and when the Exchange Notes are issued, executed and
authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture, the
Exchange Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be

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the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors and to general equity principles.

     (i) Exchange Guarantees. The Guarantees of the Exchange Notes have been duly
authorized by each Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture; and, when the
Indenture has been duly executed and delivered and the Exchange Notes have been issued,
executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer and the
Indenture, the Guarantees of the Exchange Notes by each Guarantor will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of such Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable
principles.

     (j) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization or order
of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or the
Registration Rights Agreement in connection with the offering, issuance, sale and delivery
of the Offered Securities by the Company and the Guarantors, except such as may be
required by federal and state securities laws or blue sky laws with respect to the
Company’s or each Guarantor’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.

     (k) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from the Transactions. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture, this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement, the issuance, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities and compliance
with the terms and provisions thereof and the consummation of the Transactions will not
result in a breach or violation of: (i) any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or
body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, except for such violations or
defaults as would individually or in the aggregate not result in a Material Adverse
Effect; (ii) any agreement or instrument listed as an exhibit pursuant to Items 601(b)(2),
601(b)(4) and 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the
Commission on March 10, 2011 to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or by
which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the
Company or any such subsidiary is subject; or (iii) the charter, by-laws or similar
organizational documents of the Company or any such subsidiary; and the Company and the
Guarantors have full power and authority to authorize, issue, sell and deliver the Offered
Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.

     (l) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor, and the Registration Rights Agreement has
been duly authorized, and as of the Closing Date, will be duly executed and delivered by
the Company and each Guarantor.

     (m) Title to Property. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the
Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all
other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and
defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the
use made or to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package, the Company and its subsidiaries hold any leased real or

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personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would
materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.

     (n) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess
adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies
or bodies to conduct the business now operated by them, and they have not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (o) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or
any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Guarantor, is imminent
that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (p) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own,
possess or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other
rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other
intellectual property (collectively, “intellectual property rights”) necessary to conduct
the business now operated by them, and they have not received any notice of infringement
of, or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to, any intellectual property
rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (q) Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule,
regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or
foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or
relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to
hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “environmental laws”), owns, operates or
leases any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any
environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any
environmental laws, or, to their knowledge, is subject to any claim relating to any
environmental laws, which, in each such case, such violation, ownership, lease, disposal,
contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which would be
reasonably likely to lead to such a claim.

     (r) Litigation. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no
pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under the Indenture, this Agreement or the Registration Rights
Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered
Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the Company’s
knowledge, contemplated.

     (s) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in the General
Disclosure Package present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates shown and their
results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and, except as otherwise
disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, such financial statements have been prepared
in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
applied on a consistent basis; and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma
financial

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statements included in the General Disclosure Package provide a reasonable
basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or
events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to
those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of
those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.

     (t) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as disclosed in the General
Disclosure Package, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in
the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change, nor any
development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial
condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General
Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid
or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

     (u) Reporting Status. The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and files reports with the Commission on
the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system.

     (v) Investment Company Act. The Company is not an open-end investment company, unit
investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be
registered under Section 8 of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the “Investment Company Act”); and the Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the General Disclosure Package, will not be, an “investment company” as
defined in the Investment Company Act.

     (w) Class of Securities Not Listed. No securities of the same class (within the
meaning of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act) as the Offered Securities are listed
on any national securities exchange, registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or
quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system.

     (x) No Registration. Subject to compliance by the Purchasers with the
representations, warranties and procedures set forth in Section 4 hereof, the offer and
sale of the Offered Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement will be exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by reason of Section 4(2) thereof
and by Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) or by Regulation S (“Regulation S”) thereunder, and it is
not necessary to qualify an indenture in respect of the Offered Securities under the
United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

     (y) No General Solicitation; No Directed Selling Efforts. Neither the Company, nor
any Guarantor, nor any of their respective affiliates, nor any person acting on its or
their behalf (i) has, within the six-month period prior to the date hereof, offered or
sold in the United States or to any U.S. person (as such terms are defined in Regulation S
under the Securities Act) the Offered Securities or any security of the same class or
series as the Offered Securities or (ii) has offered or will offer or sell the Offered
Securities (A) in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or
general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act or (B) with
respect to any such securities sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S under the
Securities Act, by means of any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902(c)
of Regulation S. The Company, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf
have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S,
and the distribution of the Offered Securities pursuant to Regulation S is not part of a

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plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Neither
the Company nor any Guarantor has entered, and neither the Company nor any Guarantor will
enter, into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Offered
Securities except for this Agreement. There is no “substantial U.S. market interest” as
defined in Rule 902(n) of Regulation S in the Company’s debt securities.

     (z) No Unlawful Payments; Compliance with OFAC and Anti-Money Laundering Laws. None
of the Company nor its subsidiaries, and to the Company’s knowledge, none of its and its
subsidiaries’ affiliates, or any of their respective officers, directors, supervisors,
managers, agents, or employees, have violated, and the Company’s participation in the
offering will not violate, and the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and
maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with each of the
following laws: (a) anti-bribery laws, including but not limited to, any applicable law,
rule, or regulation of any locality, including but not limited to any law, rule, or
regulation promulgated to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign
Public Officials in International Business Transactions, signed December 17, 1997,
including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other law, rule or
regulation of similar purpose and scope, (b) anti-money laundering laws, including but not
limited to, applicable federal, state, international, foreign or other laws, regulations
or government guidance regarding anti-money laundering, including, without limitation,
Title 18 U.S. Code section 1956 and 1957, the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and
international anti-money laundering principles or procedures by an intergovernmental group
or organization, such as the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, of which the
United States is a member and with which designation the United States representative to
the group or organization continues to concur, all as amended, and any Executive Order,
directive, or regulation pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, or any orders
or licenses issued thereunder or (c) laws and regulations imposing U.S. economic sanctions
measures, including, but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act,
the Trading with the Enemy Act, the United Nations Participation Act, and the Syria
Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, all as amended, and any Executive Order,
directive, or regulation pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, including the
regulations of the United States Treasury Department set forth under 31 CFR, Subtitle B,
Chapter V, as amended, or any orders or licenses issued thereunder.

     3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company
agrees to sell to the several Purchasers and each of the Purchasers agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 98.25% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued interest from June 7, 2011 to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) the
respective principal amounts of the Notes set forth opposite the names of the several Purchasers in
Schedule A hereto.

     The Company will deliver against payment of the purchase price the Offered Securities to be
offered and sold by the Purchasers in reliance on Regulation S (the “Regulation S Securities”) in
the form of one or more permanent global securities in registered form without interest coupons
(the “Offered Regulation S Global Securities”) which will be deposited with the Trustee as
custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for the respective accounts of the DTC
participants for Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, as operator of the
Euroclear System (“Euroclear”), and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream,
Luxembourg”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. The Company will
deliver against payment of the purchase price the Offered Securities to be purchased by each
Purchaser hereunder and to be offered and sold by each Purchaser in reliance on Rule 144A (the
“144A Securities”) in the form of one permanent global security in definitive form without

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interest coupons (the “Restricted Global Securities”) deposited with the Trustee as custodian
for DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. The Regulation S Global
Securities and the Restricted Global Securities shall be assigned separate CUSIP numbers. The
Restricted Global Securities shall include the legend regarding restrictions on transfer set forth
under “Transfer Restrictions” in the Final Offering Circular. Until the termination of the
distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S) with respect to the offering of the
Offered Securities, interests in the Offered Regulation S Global Securities may only be held by the
DTC participants for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. Interests in any permanent global
securities will be held only in book-entry form through Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or DTC,
as the case may be, except in the limited circumstances described in the Final Offering Circular.

     Payment for the Regulation S Securities and the 144A Securities shall be made by the
Purchasers in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to
Credit Suisse drawn to the order of the Company at the office of Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP, 450
Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 at 9:00 A.M. (New York time), on June 7, 2011, or at such
other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representative and the Company
determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”, against delivery to the
Trustee as custodian for DTC of (i) the Offered Regulation S Global Securities representing all of
the Regulation S Securities for the respective accounts of the DTC participants for Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg and (ii) the Restricted Global Securities representing all of the 144A
Securities. The Offered Regulation S Global Securities and the Restricted Global Securities will
be made available for checking at the above office of Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP at least 24 hours
prior to the Closing Date.

     4. Representations by Purchasers; Resale by Purchasers.

     (a) Each Purchaser severally represents and warrants to the Company and the
Guarantors that it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D under
the Securities Act.

     (b) Each Purchaser severally acknowledges that the Offered Securities have not been
registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United
States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with
Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. Each Purchaser severally represents and agrees that it has offered and
sold the Offered Securities, and will offer and sell the Offered Securities, (i) as part
of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the
commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 or
Rule 144A. Accordingly, neither such Purchaser nor its affiliates, nor any persons acting
on its or their behalf, have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with
respect to the Offered Securities, and such Purchaser, its affiliates and all persons
acting on its or their behalf have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions
requirement of Regulation S. Each Purchaser severally agrees that, at or prior to
confirmation of sale of the Offered Securities, other than a sale pursuant to Rule 144A,
such Purchaser will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling
concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases the Offered Securities from it during
the restricted period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold within the
United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part
of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later
of the date of the commencement of the offering and the closing date, except in

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either case in accordance with Regulation S (or Rule 144A if available) under the
Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation
S.”

     Terms used in this subsection (b) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

     (c) Each Purchaser severally agrees that it and each of its affiliates has not
entered and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the
distribution of the Offered Securities except for any such arrangements with the other
Purchasers or affiliates of the other Purchasers or with the prior written consent of the
Company.

     (d) Each Purchaser severally agrees that it and each of its affiliates will not offer
or sell the Offered Securities in the United States by means of any form of general
solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities
Act, including, but not limited to, (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other
communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over
television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by
any general solicitation or general advertising. Each Purchaser severally agrees, with
respect to resales made in reliance on Rule 144A of any of the Offered Securities, to
deliver either with the confirmation of such resale or otherwise prior to settlement of
such resale a notice to the effect that the resale of such Offered Securities has been
made in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act provided by Rule 144A.

     (e) In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has
implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each of the
Purchasers severally represents and agrees that with effect from and including the date on
which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant
Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of Offered Securities to
the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in
relation to the Offered Securities which has been approved by the competent authority in
that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member
State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in
accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and
including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Offered Securities to the
public in that Relevant Member State at any time:

     (i) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the
financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose
is solely to invest in securities;

     (ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least
250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more
than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as
shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;

     (iii) to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified
investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior
consent of the manager for any such offer; or

     (iv) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the
Company of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

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     For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of Offered Securities to the
public” in relation to any Offered Securities in any Relevant Member State means the
communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer
and the Offered Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or
subscribe the Offered Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure
implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression “Prospectus
Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each
Relevant Member State.

     (f) Each of the Purchasers severally represents and agrees that

     (i) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only
communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in
investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or
sale of the Offered Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the
FSMA does not apply to the Company; and

     (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the
FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Offered Securities
in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

     5. Certain Agreements of the Company and each Guarantor. The Company and each Guarantor agree,
with the several Purchasers that:

     (a) Amendments and Supplements to Offering Circulars. The Company will promptly
advise the Representative of any proposal to amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering
Circular or Final Offering Circular and will not effect such amendment or supplementation
without the Representative’s consent. If, at any time prior to the completion of the
resale of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers, there occurs an event or development
as a result of which any document included in the Preliminary Offering Circular or Final
Offering Circular, the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material,
if republished immediately following such event or development, included or would include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, the Company and the Guarantors promptly will notify
the Representative of such event and promptly will prepare and furnish, at their own
expense, to the Purchasers and the dealers and to any other dealers at the request of the
Representative an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or
effect such compliance. Neither the Representative’s consent to, nor the Purchasers’
delivery to offerees or investors of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a
waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6. The first sentence of this
subsection does not apply to statements in or omissions from any document in the
Preliminary Offering Circular or Final Offering Circular, the General Disclosure Package
or any Supplemental Marketing Material made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the Representative specifically for use
therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described
as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

     (b) Furnishing of Offering Circulars. The Company will furnish to the Representative
copies of the Preliminary Offering Circular, each other document

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comprising a part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular, all
amendments and supplements to such documents and each item of Supplemental Marketing
Material, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representative
reasonably requests. At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Representative (and, upon request, to each of the other Purchasers) and, upon request of
holders and prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities, to such holders and
purchasers, copies of the information required to be delivered to holders and prospective
purchasers of the Offered Securities pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act
(or any successor provision thereto) in order to permit compliance with Rule 144A in
connection with resales by such holders of the Offered Securities. The Company will pay
the expenses of printing and distributing to the Purchasers all such documents.

     (c) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will arrange for the qualification of the
Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment
under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States and Canada as the Representative
designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
resale of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers, provided that the Company will not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of
process in any such state.

     (d) Transfer Restrictions. During the period of one year after the Closing Date, the
Company will, upon reasonable request, furnish to the Representative, each of the other
Purchasers and any holder of Offered Securities a copy of the restrictions on transfer
applicable to the Offered Securities.

     (e) No Resales by Affiliates. During the period of one year after the Closing Date,
the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Offered Securities that have been
reacquired by any of them.

     (f) Investment Company. During the period of one year after the Closing Date,
neither the Company nor any Guarantor will be or become, an open-end investment company,
unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.

     (g) Payment of Expenses. The Company and the Guarantors will pay all expenses
incidental to the performance of their respective obligations under this Agreement, the
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, including but not limited to (i) the fees
and expenses of the Trustee and its professional advisers; (ii) all expenses in connection
with the execution, issue, authentication, packaging and initial delivery of the Offered
Securities and, as applicable, the Exchange Securities (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement), the preparation and printing of this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Offered Securities, the Indenture, the Preliminary Offering Circular, any
other documents comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering
Circular, all amendments and supplements thereto, each item of Supplemental Marketing
Material and any other document relating to the issuance, offer, sale and delivery of the
Offered Securities and as applicable, the Exchange Securities; (iii) the cost of any
advertising approved by the Company in connection with the issue of the Offered
Securities; (iv) any expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to
the Purchasers) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities or the
Exchange Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States and
Canada as the Representative designates and the

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preparation and printing of memoranda relating thereto; (v) any fees charged by
investment rating agencies for the rating of the Offered Securities or the Exchange
Securities; and (vi) expenses incurred in distributing the Preliminary Offering Circular,
any other documents comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final
Offering Circular (including any amendments and supplements thereto) and any Supplemental
Marketing Material to the Purchasers. The Company and the Guarantors will also pay or
reimburse the Purchasers (to the extent incurred by them) for reasonable, documented,
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Purchasers and the Company’s officers and
employees relating to investor presentations on any “road show” in connection with the
offering and sale of the Offered Securities, including, without limitation, any such
travel expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers and employees, including the
chartering of airplanes.1

     (h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received in connection
with the offering of the Offered Securities in the manner described in the “Use of
Proceeds” section of the General Disclosure Package and, except as disclosed in the
General Disclosure Package.

     (i) Absence of Manipulation. In connection with the offering by the Company of the
Offered Securities, until the Representative shall have notified the Company of the
completion of the resale of the Offered Securities, neither the Company nor any of its
affiliates has or will, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or
purchase for any account in which it or any of its affiliates has a beneficial interest
any Offered Securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any Offered Securities;
and neither it nor any of its affiliates will make bids or purchases for the purpose of
creating actual, or apparent, active trading in, or of raising the price of, the Offered
Securities.

     (j) Restriction on Sale of Securities. Except as contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement, for a period of 90 days after the date of the initial offering of the
Offered Securities by the Purchasers, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell,
pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a
registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any United States
dollar-denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a
maturity of more than one year from the date of issue, or publicly disclose the intention
to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written
consent of Credit Suisse. The Company will not at any time offer, sell, contract to sell,
pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any securities under circumstances
where such offer, sale, pledge, contract or disposition would cause the exemption afforded
by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or the safe harbor of Rule 144A or Regulation S
thereunder to cease to be applicable to the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.

     6. Free Writing Communications. (a) The Company and each Guarantor each represents and agrees
that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representative, and each Purchaser represents and
agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representative, it has not
made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer
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     (b) Term Sheets. The Company consents to the use by any Purchaser of a Free Writing
Communication that (i) contains only (A) information describing the preliminary terms of
the Offered Securities or their offering or (B) information that describes the final terms
of the Offered Securities or their offering and that is included in or is subsequently
included in the Final Offering Circular, including by means of a pricing term sheet, or
(ii) does not contain any material information about the Company or any Guarantor or their
securities that was provided by or on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor, it being
understood and agreed that the Company and each Guarantor shall not be responsible to any
Purchaser for liability arising from any inaccuracy in such Free Writing Communications
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) as compared with the information in the Preliminary
Offering Circular, the Final Offering Circular or the General Disclosure Package.

     7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Purchasers. The obligations of the several Purchasers
to purchase and pay for the Offered Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors herein (as though made on the
Closing Date) to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company and the Guarantors made
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

     (a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. The Representative shall have received (i) a
letter, dated the date of this Agreement, of KPMG LLP in agreed form confirming that they
are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the
applicable published Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States) and to the effect that:

     (A) in their opinion the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
examined by them and included in the Preliminary Offering Circular and Final Offering
Circular and in the Exchange Act Reports comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the related published
Rules and Regulations;

     (B) on the basis of a reading of the latest available unaudited financial statements
of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their
attention that caused them to believe that:

     (1) at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by such
accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more than three business days
prior to the date of this Agreement, there was any change in the capital stock or
any increase in long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
or, at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by such accountants,
there was any decrease in consolidated net current assets or shareholders’
equity, as compared with amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in
General Disclosure Package; or

     (2) for the period from the Closing Date of the latest income statement
included in the General Disclosure Package to the Closing Date of the latest
available income statement read by such accountants there were any decreases, as
compared with the corresponding period of the previous year and with the period
of corresponding length ended the date of the latest income statement included in
the General Disclosure Package, in consolidated revenue or in consolidated net
income;

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except in all cases set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above for changes, increases or
decreases which the General Disclosure Package discloses have occurred or may occur or
which are described in such letter;

     (C) (1) they have read the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of
income for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the nine-month period ended September 30,
2010 incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering
Circular; (2) inquired of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters about: (i) the basis for their determination of the pro
forma adjustments, and (ii) whether the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated
financial statements referred to in (C)(1) comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X, and (3) proved the
arithmetic accuracy of the application of the pro forma adjustments to the historical
amounts in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements;

     (D) nothing came to their attention as a result of the procedures specified in
paragraph (C), however, that caused them to believe that (i) the unaudited pro forma
condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in (C)(1) incorporated by
reference in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X, other than the fact that the pro forma financial statements
as incorporated by reference to this Offering Memorandum are no longer current under the
provisions of Regulation S-X, and (ii) the pro forma adjustments have not been properly
applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements; and

     (E) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such
dollar amounts) and other financial information contained in the Preliminary Offering
Circular, each other document comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the
Final Offering Circular and each item of Supplemental Marketing Material (other
than any Supplemental Marketing Material that is an electronic road show) and the Exchange
Act Reports (in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other
financial information are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and
its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the Company’s accounting system or
are derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results
obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other procedures
specified in such letter and have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other
financial information to be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified
in such letter.

(ii) a letter, dated the date of this Agreement, of Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC in agreed
form confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning Rule 101
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts Code of Professional Conduct and to
the effect that:

     (A) in their opinion the financial statements of the MacLand and Central Florida
Markets (collectively, “Emerald”), of Waste Recyclers Holdings, LLC and subsidiaries
(“Emerald’s Parent”) examined by them and incorporated by reference in the Preliminary
Offering Circular and Final Offering Circular are in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

     (B) on the basis of a reading of the latest available unaudited interim financial
statements of the Emerald, inquiries of officials of Emerald who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their

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attention that caused them to believe that (i) any material modifications should be made
to the unaudited interim financial statements, incorporated by reference into the Offering
Memorandum, for them to be in conformity with GAAP or (ii) the unaudited interim financial
statements are not in conformity with GAAP.

     (C) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such
dollar amounts) and other financial and statistical information contained in the Company’s
Form 8-K/A dated March 9, 211 incorporated by reference into the Preliminary Offering
Circular and the Final Offering Circular (in each case to the extent that such dollar
amounts, percentages and other financial and statistical information are derived from the
general accounting records of Emerald or are derived directly from such records by
analysis or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such
general accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter and have found
such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial and statistical information to be in
agreement with such results.

     (b) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event
involving a prospective change, in the financial condition, business, properties or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which,
in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or the sale of and payment for the
Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the
Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for
purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act), or any public announcement that any
such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of
the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible
upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or any
announcement that the Company has been placed on negative outlook; (iii) any substantial
change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency
exchange rates or exchange controls as would, in the judgment of the Representative be
likely to prejudice materially the success of the proposed issue, sale or distribution of
the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the
secondary market; (iv) any material suspension or material limitation of trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or any setting of minimum prices for
trading on such exchange; (v) or any suspension of trading of any securities of the
Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium
declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; (vii) any material disruption of
settlements of securities or clearance services in the United States; or (viii) any attack
on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States,
any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or
emergency if, in the judgment of the Representative, the effect of any such attack,
outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or sale of and payment for the
Offered Securities.

     (c) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for Company. The Representative shall
have received an opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date, of Andrews Kurth
LLP, counsel for the Company and the Guarantors in substantially the form of Schedule D.

     (d) Opinion of In-House Counsel for Company. The Representative shall have received
an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of in-house counsel for the Company, in substantially
the form of Schedule E.

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     (e) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for Purchasers. The Purchasers shall have
received from Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP, counsel for the Purchasers, such opinion or
opinions, dated the Closing Date and a negative assurance letter, with respect to such
matters as the Representative may require, and the Company and the Guarantors shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.

     (f) Officers’ Certificate. The Representative shall have received a certificate,
dated the Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal financial
or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, in their capacity as
officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that
(1) the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors in this Agreement
are true and correct in all material respects (unless expressly stated to relate to a
specific earlier date, in which case each of such representations and warranties that is
qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct as of
such earlier date, and each of such representations and warranties that is not so
qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) as
of the Closing Date; (2) that the Company’s estimates of the effect of acquisitions and
related matters, as discussed in, and subject to the risks and assumptions disclosed in,
the General Disclosure Package, are reasonable and were prepared in good faith; and (3)
that the Company and the Guarantors have complied in all material respects with all
agreements and satisfied in all material respects all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.

     (g) Indenture. The Representative shall have received a counterpart of the Indenture
that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company,
the Guarantors and the Trustee.

     (h) Registration Rights Agreement. The Representative shall have received a
counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement that shall have been executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and the Guarantors.

     (i) DTC. The Offered Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement
through DTC.

     The Company and the Guarantors will furnish the Purchasers with such conformed copies of such
opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Purchasers reasonably request. The
Representative may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Purchasers compliance with any
conditions to the obligations of the Purchasers hereunder.

     8. Indemnification and Contribution.

     (a) Indemnification of Purchasers. The Company and the Guarantors will jointly and
severally indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser, its officers, employees, agents,
partners, members, directors and its affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such
Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary
Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular, in each case as amended or supplemented,
or any Issuer Free Writing Communication (including with limitation, any Supplemental
Marketing Material), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or

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alleged omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and
will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating, preparing or defending against
any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding
whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto) whether threatened
or commenced and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any
of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the
Guarantors will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser
through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information consists of the information described as such in subsection
(b) below.

     (b) Indemnification of Company. Each Purchaser will severally and not jointly
indemnify and hold harmless each of the Company, the Guarantors and each of their
respective directors and each of their respective officers and each person, if any, who
controls the Company or such Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a “Purchaser Indemnified Party”), against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Purchaser Indemnified Party may
become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained
in the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular, in each case as
amended or supplemented, or any Issuer Free Writing Communication or arise out of or are
based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser
through the Representative specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser Indemnified Party in connection with
investigating, preparing or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability,
action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Purchaser
Indemnified Party is a party thereto) whether threatened or commenced based upon any such
untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such
expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by any Purchaser consists of (i) the following information in the Preliminary
Offering Circular and Final Offering Circular furnished on behalf of each Purchaser: under
the caption “Plan of Distribution” the second and third sentences of the eleventh
paragraph and the twelfth and thirteenth paragraphs; provided, however, that the
Purchasers shall not be liable for any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out
of or based upon the Company’s failure to perform its obligations under Section 5(a) of
this Agreement.

     (c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified
party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it
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rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify
the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an
indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of
the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein
and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be
counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party
will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party
unless such settlement includes (i) an unconditional release of such indemnified party
from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by
or on behalf of any indemnified party.

     (d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other
from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Purchasers on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the
Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net
proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the
total discounts and commissions received by the Purchasers from the Company under this
Agreement. The relative fault 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
and the Guarantors or the Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.
The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of
this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Offered Securities purchased by it were resold exceeds the amount of
any damages which such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The Purchasers’
obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their
respective purchase obligations and not joint. The Company, the Guarantors and the
Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 8(d) were

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determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Purchasers 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 this Section 8(d).

     (e) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Purchasers within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; and the obligations of the Purchasers
under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Purchasers may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act.

     9. Default of Purchasers. If any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligations to
purchase Offered Securities hereunder and the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities that
such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the
total principal amount of Offered Securities, the Representative may make arrangements satisfactory
to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the
Purchasers, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the non-defaulting Purchasers
shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase
the Offered Securities that such defaulting Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase. If any
Purchaser or Purchasers so default and the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities with
respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of
Offered Securities and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the
purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such
default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Purchaser or the Company, except as provided in Section 10. As used in this Agreement, the term
“Purchaser” includes any person substituted for a Purchaser under this Section. Nothing herein will
relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.

     10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Guarantors or
their respective officers and of the several Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to
the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Purchaser, the Company, the Guarantors or any of
their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive
delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 9 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers is not
consummated, the Company and the Guarantors shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or
reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company, the
Guarantors and the Purchasers pursuant to Section 8 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the
Offered Securities by the Purchasers is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of
the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 or the occurrence of any event specified in
clause (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of Section 7(b), the Company and the Guarantors will
reimburse the Purchasers for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the
Offered Securities.

     11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Purchasers
will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Purchasers, c/o Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD, or, if
sent to the Company or the Guarantors, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it
at WCA Waste Corporation, One Riverway, Suite 1400, Houston, Texas

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77056 Attention: Mike Roy; provided, however, that any notice to a Purchaser pursuant to
Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Purchaser.

     12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and the controlling persons
referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder, except
that holders of Offered Securities shall be entitled to enforce the agreements for their benefit
contained in the second and third sentences of Section 5(b) hereof against the Company as if such
holders were parties thereto.

     13. Representation of Purchasers. Credit Suisse will act for the several Purchasers in
connection with this purchase, and any action under this Agreement taken by Credit Suisse will be
binding upon all the Purchasers.

     14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the
same Agreement.

     15. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree
that:

     (a) No Other Relationship. The Representative has been retained solely to act as
initial purchaser in connection with the initial purchase, offering and resale of the
Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the
Company or the Guarantors and the Representative has been created in respect of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Preliminary Offering Circular or Final
Offering Circular, irrespective of whether the Representative has advised or is advising
the Company or the Guarantors on other matters;

     (b) Arm’s-Length Negotiations. The purchase price of the Offered Securities set
forth in this Agreement was established by the Company and the Guarantors following
discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Representative and the Company and the
Guarantors are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the
terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

     (c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose. The Company has, and the Guarantors have,
been advised that the Representative and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of
transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company or the
Guarantors and that the Representative has no obligation to disclose such interests and
transactions to the Company or the Guarantors by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or
agency relationship; and

     (d) Waiver. The Company and the Guarantors waive, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any claims it may have against the Representative for breach of fiduciary duty or
alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representative shall have no liability
(whether direct or indirect) to the Company or the Guarantors in respect of such a
fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in
right of the Company or any Guarantor, including stockholders, employees or creditors of
the Company or the Guarantors as a result of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Final Offering Circular, the Indenture
(including the Guarantees), the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement.

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     16. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York.

     17. Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company and the Guarantors hereby submit to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City
of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with the Purchasers’ understanding of our agreement, kindly
sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding
agreement between the Company, the Guarantors and the several Purchasers in accordance with its
terms.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

WCA Waste Corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Michael A. Roy
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Michael A. Roy 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President & General Counsel 	 

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	 	American Waste, LLC

Boxer Realty Redevelopment, LLC

Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC

Champion City Recovery, LLC

Eagle Ridge Landfill, LLC

Emerald Waste Services, LLC

EWS Central Florida Hauling, LLC

Fort Bend Regional Landfill, LP

Material Recovery, LLC

Material Reclamation, LLC

N.E. Land Fill, LLC

New Amsterdam & Seneca Railroad Company, LLC

Pauls Valley Landfill, LLC

Ruffino Hills Transfer Station, LP

Sooner Waste, LLC

Sunny Farms Landfill LLC

Texas Environmental Waste Services, LLC

Transit Waste, LLC

Translift, LLC

Waste Corporation of Texas, LP

Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC

Waste Corporation of Kansas, Inc.

Waste Corporation of Missouri, Inc.

Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc.

WCA Capital, Inc.

WCA Holdings Corporation

WCA Management Company, LP

WCA Management General, Inc.

WCA Management Limited, Inc.

WCA of Alabama, LLC

WCA of Central Florida, Inc.

WCA of Chickasha, Inc.

WCA of Florida, LLC

WCA of High Point, LLC

WCA of Massachusetts, LLC

WCA of Mississippi, LLC

WCA of North Carolina, LLC

WCA of Ohio, LLC

WCA of Oklahoma, LLC

WCA of St. Lucie, LLC

WCA Shiloh Landfill, LLC

WCA Texas Management General, Inc.

WCA Wake Transfer Station, LLC

WCA Waste Systems, Inc.

WRH Gainesville Holdings, LLC

WRH Gainesville, LLC

WRH Orange City, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Michael A. Roy
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Michael A. Roy 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President of each of the foregoing entities 	 

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	 	WCA Management Limited, INC. 

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Michael A. Roy
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Michael A. Roy 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 

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The foregoing Purchase Agreement

is hereby confirmed and accepted

as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Michael Speller
 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Michael Speller 	 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 	 
	 	 
	 	Acting on behalf of itself and
as the
Representative of the
several Purchasers 	 	 

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Schedule A

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Principal Amount of	 
	Manager	 	Offered Securities	 
	Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
	 	$	127,750,000	 
	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
	 	 	14,000,000	 
	BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC
	 	 	10,500,000	 
	Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
	 	 	10,500,000	 
	Comerica Securities, Inc.
	 	 	8,750,000	 
	BOSC, Inc.
	 	 	1,750,000	 
	Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
	 	 	1,750,000	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Total
	 	$	175,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule B

Guarantors

American Waste, LLC

Boxer Realty Redevelopment, LLC

Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC

Champion City Recovery, LLC

Eagle Ridge Landfill, LLC

Emerald Waste Services, LLC

EWS Central Florida Hauling, LLC

Fort Bend Regional Landfill, LP

Material Recovery, LLC

Material Reclamation, LLC

N.E. Land Fill, LLC

New Amsterdam & Seneca Railroad Company, LLC

Pauls Valley Landfill, LLC

Ruffino Hills Transfer Station, LP

Sooner Waste, LLC

Sunny Farms Landfill LLC

Texas Environmental Waste Services, LLC

Transit Waste, LLC

Translift, LLC

Waste Corporation of Texas, LP

Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC

Waste Corporation of Kansas, Inc.

Waste Corporation of Missouri, Inc.

Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc.

WCA Capital, Inc.

WCA Holdings Corporation

WCA Management Company, LP

WCA Management General, Inc.

WCA Management Limited, Inc.

WCA of Alabama, LLC

WCA of Central Florida, Inc.

WCA of Chickasha, Inc.

WCA of Florida, LLC

WCA of High Point, LLC

WCA of Massachusetts, LLC

WCA of Mississippi, LLC

WCA of North Carolina, LLC

WCA of Ohio, LLC

WCA of Oklahoma, LLC

WCA of St. Lucie, LLC

WCA Shiloh Landfill, LLC

WCA Texas Management General, Inc.

WCA Wake Transfer Station, LLC

WCA Waste Systems, Inc.

WRH Gainesville Holdings, LLC

WRH Gainesville, LLC

WRH Orange City, LLC

WCA Management Limited, Inc.

 

 

Schedule C

Issuer Free Writing Communications (included in the General Disclosure Package)

     1. Final term sheet, dated May 26, 2011.

 

 

Schedule D

Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for Company

June 7, 2011

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Eleven Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-3629

          Re: 7.50% Senior Notes due 2019 issued by WCA Waste Corporation.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as special counsel to WCA Waste Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Issuer”), in connection with the Purchase Agreement dated May 26, 2011 (the “Purchase
Agreement”) among (i) the Issuer, (ii) the subsidiaries of the Issuer named therein as parties
thereto, and (iii) Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “Initial Purchaser”), relating
to the sale by the Issuer to the Initial Purchaser of $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
the Issuer’s 7.50% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Initial Securities”). The Initial
Securities are being issued under an Indenture dated as of June 7, 2011 (the “Indenture”)
among the Issuer, the subsidiaries of the Issuer named therein as parties thereto and as guarantors
of the Initial Securities (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and BOKF, NA dba Bank of Texas,
as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Issuer and the Guarantors are referred to collectively
herein as the “Obligors.”

     The Obligors and the Initial Purchaser have entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of June 7, 2011 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Obligors
have agreed to file, under certain conditions, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”), a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), with respect to an offer (the “Exchange Offer”) by the Obligors
to the holders of the Initial Securities to issue and deliver to such holders, in exchange for
their Initial Securities, a like principal amount of new debt securities (the “Exchange
Securities”) identical to the Initial Securities in all material respects, except that the
Exchange Securities will not (except in specified circumstances) be subject to restrictions on
transfer.

     We are furnishing this opinion letter to you pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Purchase
Agreement.

     In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have examined and relied on originals or
copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following:

          (a) the Issuer’s Preliminary Confidential Offering Circular dated May 23, 2011 (the
“Preliminary Offering Circular”) relating to the Initial Securities;

          (b) the Issuer’s Confidential Offering Circular dated May 26, 2011 (the “Offering
Circular”) relating to the Initial Securities;

          (c) the Issuer’s term sheet dated May 26, 2011, relating to the Initial Securities (the
“Pricing Term Sheet” and together with the Preliminary Offering Circular, the
“Disclosure Package”);

          (d) each of the Issuer’s reports that have been filed with the SEC and are incorporated
by reference in the Offering Circular (the “Incorporated Documents”);

          (e) the Indenture;

          (f) the form of the Initial Securities and the form of the Exchange Securities;

 

 

          (g) each of (i) the global note executed by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, in
the aggregate principal amount of $[____], representing the Initial Securities purchased and
sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement with a view toward resale in reliance on Rule 144A
under the Securities Act and (ii) the global note executed by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, in the aggregate principal amount of $[____], representing the Initial Securities
purchased and sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement with a view toward resale in reliance
on Regulation S under the Securities Act;

          (h) the Purchase Agreement;

          (i) the Registration Rights Agreement;

          (j) the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Issuer,
certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011,
and certified by the Secretary of the Issuer as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph 17(kkk) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof (the “Issuer Certificate of Incorporation”);

          (k) the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Issuer, certified by the Secretary of
the Issuer as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in
paragraph 17(kkk) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof (the
“Issuer Bylaws”);

          (l) the Articles of Organization of Texas Environmental Waste Services, LLC, certified
by the Secretary of State of the State of Texas as in effect on May [__], 2011, and
certified by the Secretary of Texas Environmental Waste Services, LLC as in effect on each
of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (lll) below, the date
of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (m) the Regulations of Texas Environmental Waste Services, LLC, certified by the
Secretary of Texas Environmental Waste Services, LLC as in effect on each of the dates of
the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (lll) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (n) the Certificate of Formation of Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC, certified by
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and
certified by the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC as in effect on each of the
dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (mmm) below, the date of the
Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (o) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC,
certified by the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC as in effect on each of the
dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (mmm) below, the date of the
Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (p) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Waste Corporation of
Kansas, Inc., certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on
May [__], 2011, and certified by the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Kansas, Inc. as in
effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (nnn)
below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (q) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Waste Corporation of Kansas, Inc., certified by
the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Kansas, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (nnn) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (r) the Certificate of Incorporation of Waste Corporation of Missouri, Inc., certified
by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and
certified by the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Missouri, Inc. as in effect on each of
the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (ooo) below, the date of
the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

 

 

          (s) the Bylaws of Waste Corporation of Missouri, Inc., certified by the Secretary of
Waste Corporation of Missouri, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (ooo) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (t) the Certificate of Incorporation of Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc., as
amended, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May
[__], 2011, and certified by the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc. as in
effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (ppp)
below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (u) the Bylaws of Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc., certified by the Secretary of
Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of
the resolutions specified in paragraph (ppp) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and
the date hereof;

          (v) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Waste Corporation of Texas, L.P., as
amended, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May
[__], 2011, and certified by the Secretary of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., its
general partner, as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions
specified in paragraph (qqq) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (w) the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Waste Corporation of Texas, L.P., certified
by the Secretary of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., its general partner, as in effect on
each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (qqq) below, the
date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (x) the Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Capital, Inc., certified by the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by the
Secretary of WCA Capital, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (rrr) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (y) the Bylaws of WCA Capital, Inc., certified by the Secretary of WCA Capital, Inc. as
in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph
(rrr) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (z) the Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Holdings Corporation, as amended, certified
by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and
certified by the Secretary of WCA Holdings Corporation as in effect on each of the dates of
the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (sss) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (aa) the Bylaws of WCA Holdings Corporation, certified by the Secretary of WCA Holdings
Corporation as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified
in paragraph (sss) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (bb) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of WCA Management Company, LP, as amended,
certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011,
and certified by the Secretary of WCA Management General, Inc., its general partner, as in
effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (ttt)
below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (cc) the Agreement of Limited Partnership of WCA Management Company, LP, certified by
the Secretary of WCA Management General, Inc., its general partner, as in effect on each of
the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (ttt) below, the date of
the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

 

 

          (dd) the Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Management General, Inc., certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by
the Secretary of WCA Management General, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (uuu) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (ee) the Bylaws of WCA Management General, Inc., certified by the Secretary of WCA
Management General, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (uuu) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (ff) the Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Management Limited, Inc., certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by
the Secretary of WCA Management Limited, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (vvv) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (gg) the Bylaws of WCA Management Limited, Inc., certified by the Secretary of WCA
Management Limited, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (vvv) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (hh) the Certificate of Formation of WCA of Alabama, L.L.C., as amended, certified by
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and
certified by the Secretary of WCA of Alabama, L.L.C. as in effect on each of the dates of
the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (www) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (ii) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of WCA of Alabama, L.L.C., certified by
the Secretary of WCA of Alabama, L.L.C. as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of
the resolutions specified in paragraph (www) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and
the date hereof;

          (jj) the Certificate of Incorporation of WCA of Central Florida, Inc., certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by
the Secretary of WCA of Central Florida, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (xxx) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (kk) the Bylaws of WCA of Central Florida, Inc., certified by the Secretary of WCA of
Central Florida, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions
specified in paragraph (xxx) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (ll) the Certificate of Formation of WCA of Florida, LLC, certified by the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by the
Secretary of WCA of Florida, LLC as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (yyy) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (mm) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of WCA of Florida, LLC, certified by the
Secretary of WCA of Florida, LLC as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (yyy) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (nn) the Certificate of Formation of WCA of North Carolina, LLC, certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by
the Secretary of WCA of North Carolina, LLC as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (zzz) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (oo) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of WCA of North Carolina, LLC, certified
by the Secretary of WCA of North Carolina, LLC as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (zzz) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

 

 

          (pp) the Certificate of Formation of WCA Shiloh Landfill, L.L.C., as amended, certified
by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and
certified by the Secretary of WCA Shiloh Landfill, L.L.C. as in effect on each of the dates
of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (aaaa) below, the date of the
Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (qq) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of WCA Shiloh Landfill, L.L.C., certified
by the Secretary of WCA Shiloh Landfill, L.L.C. as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (aaaa) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (rr) the Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., certified
by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and
certified by the Secretary of WCA Texas Management General, Inc. as in effect on each of the
dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (bbbb) below, the date of
the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (ss) the Bylaws of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., certified by the Secretary of
WCA Texas Management General, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (bbbb) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (tt) the Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Waste Systems, Inc., as amended, certified
by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and
certified by the Secretary of WCA Waste Systems, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of
the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (cccc) below, the date of the
Purchase Agreement and the date hereof

          (uu) the Bylaws of WCA Waste Systems, Inc., certified by the Secretary of WCA Waste
Systems, Inc. as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified
in paragraph (cccc) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (vv) the Certificate of Formation of Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC, certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by
the Secretary of Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (dddd) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (ww) The Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC,
certified by the Secretary of Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates
of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (dddd) below;

          (xx) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Fort Bend Regional Landfill, L.P.,
certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Texas as in effect on May [__], 2011,
and certified by the Secretary of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., its general partner,
as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph
(eeee) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (yy) the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Fort Bend Regional Landfill, L.P.,
certified by the Secretary of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., its general partner, as in
effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (eeee)
below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (zz) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Ruffino Hills Transfer Station, L.P.,
certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Texas as in effect on May [__], 2011,
and certified by the Secretary of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., its general partner,
as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph
(ffff) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

 

 

          (aaa) the Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the
Agreement of Limited Partnership, of Ruffino Hills Transfer Station, L.P., certified by the
Secretary of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., its general partner, as in effect on each
of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (ffff) below, the
date of the Purchase Agreement and the date hereof;

          (bbb) the Certificate of Formation of WCA of Massachusetts, LLC, certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by
the Secretary of WCA of Massachusetts, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (gggg) below, the date of the Purchase
Agreement and the date hereof;

          (ccc) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of WCA of Massachusetts, LLC, certified
by the Secretary of WCA of Massachusetts, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the
adoption of the resolutions specified in paragraph (gggg) below;

          (ddd) the Certificate of Formation of WCA of Mississippi, LLC, certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by
the Secretary of WCA of Mississippi, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption
of the resolutions specified in paragraph (hhhh) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement
and the date hereof;

          (eee) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of WCA of Mississippi, LLC, certified by
the Secretary of WCA of Mississippi, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption
of the resolutions specified in paragraph (hhhh) below;

          (fff) the Certificate of Formation of WCA of Ohio, LLC, certified by the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by the
Secretary of WCA of Ohio, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (iiii) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (ggg) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of WCA of Ohio, LLC, certified by the
Secretary of WCA of Ohio, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (iiii) below;

          (hhh) the Certificate of Formation of WCA of Oklahoma, LLC, certified by the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by the
Secretary of WCA of Oklahoma, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (jjjj) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (iii) the Operating Agreement of WCA of Oklahoma, LLC, certified by the Secretary of
WCA of Oklahoma, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the resolutions
specified in paragraph (jjjj) below;

          (jjj) the Certificate of Formation of WCA of St. Lucie, LLC, certified by the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware as in effect on May [__], 2011, and certified by the
Secretary of WCA of St. Lucie, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions specified in paragraph (kkkk) below, the date of the Purchase Agreement and the
date hereof;

          (kkk) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of WCA of St. Lucie, LLC, certified by
the Secretary of WCA of St. Lucie, LLC, as in effect on each of the dates of the adoption of
the resolutions specified in paragraph (kkkk) below;

          (lll) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Issuer dated May [__], 2011, and
resolutions of the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Issuer dated May [__],
2011, certified by the Secretary of the Issuer;

 

 

          (mmm) resolutions of the sole member of Texas Environmental Waste Services, LLC dated
May [__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of Texas Environmental Waste Services, LLC;

          (nnn) resolutions of the Board of Managers of Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC dated
May [__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC;

          (ooo) resolutions of the Board of Directors of Waste Corporation of Kansas, Inc. dated
May [__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Kansas, Inc.;

          (ppp) resolutions of the Board of Directors of Waste Corporation of Missouri, Inc.
dated May [__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Missouri, Inc.;

          (qqq) resolutions of the Board of Directors of Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc.
dated May [__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc.;

          (rrr) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., as
general partner of Waste Corporation of Texas, L.P., dated May [__], 2011, certified by the
Secretary of WCA Texas Management General, Inc., as general partner of Waste Corporation of
Texas, L.P.;

          (sss) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Capital, Inc. dated May [__], 2011,
certified by the Secretary of WCA Capital, Inc.;

          (ttt) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Holdings Corporation dated May [__],
2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA Holdings Corporation;

          (uuu) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Management General, Inc., as general
partner of WCA Management Company, LP, dated May [__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of
WCA Management General, Inc., as general partner of WCA Management Company, LP;

          (vvv) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Management General, Inc. dated May
[__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA Management General, Inc.;

          (www) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Management Limited, Inc. dated May
[__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA Management Limited, Inc.;

          (xxx) resolutions of the sole member of WCA of Alabama, L.L.C. dated May [__], 2011,
certified by the Secretary of WCA of Alabama, L.L.C.;

          (yyy) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA of Central Florida, Inc. dated May
[__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA of Central Florida, Inc.;

          (zzz) resolutions of the sole member of WCA of Florida, LLC dated May [__], 2011,
certified by the Secretary of WCA of Florida, LLC;

          (aaaa) resolutions of the sole member of WCA of North Carolina, LLC dated May [__],
2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA of North Carolina, LLC;

          (bbbb) resolutions of the sole member of WCA Shiloh Landfill, L.L.C. dated May [__],
2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA Shiloh Landfill, L.L.C.;

          (cccc) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Texas Management General, Inc.
dated May [__], 2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA Texas Management General, Inc.;

 

 

          (dddd) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Waste Systems, Inc. dated May [__],
2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA Waste Systems, Inc.;

          (eeee) resolutions of the sole member of WCA Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC dated May [__],
2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC;

          (ffff) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Management General, Inc., as
general partner of Fort Bend Regional Landfill, L.P., dated May [__], 2011, certified by the
Secretary of WCA Management General, Inc., as general partner of Fort Bend Regional
Landfill, L.P.;

          (gggg) resolutions of the Board of Directors of WCA Management General, Inc., as
general partner of Ruffino Hills Transfer Station, L.P., dated May [__], 2011, certified by
the Secretary of WCA Management General, Inc., as general partner of Ruffino Hills Transfer
Station, L.P.;

          (hhhh) resolutions of the sole member of WCA of Massachusetts, LLC dated May [__],
2011, certified by the Secretary of WCA of Massachusetts, LLC;

          (iiii) resolutions of the sole member of WCA of Mississippi, LLC dated May [__], 2011,
certified by the Secretary of WCA of Mississippi, LLC;

          (jjjj) resolutions of the sole member of WCA of Ohio, LLC dated May [__], 2011,
certified by the Secretary of WCA of Ohio, LLC;

          (kkkk) resolutions of the sole member of WCA of Oklahoma, LLC dated May [__], 2011,
certified by the Secretary of WCA of Oklahoma, LLC;

          (llll) resolutions of the sole member of WCA of St. Lucie, LLC dated May [__], 2011,
certified by the Secretary of WCA of St. Lucie, LLC;

          (mmmm) certificates from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated May
[__], 2011 as to the good standing and legal existence under the laws of the State of
Delaware of each of the Issuer, Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC, Waste Corporation of Texas,
L.P., Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC, Waste Corporation of Kansas, Inc., Waste
Corporation of Missouri, Inc., Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc., WCA Capital, Inc., WCA
Holdings Corporation, WCA Management Company, LP, WCA Management General, Inc., WCA
Management Limited, Inc., WCA of Alabama, LLC, WCA of Central Florida, Inc., WCA of Florida,
LLC, WCA of Florida, LLC, WCA of Massachusetts, LLC, WCA of Mississippi, LLC, WCA of North
Carolina, LLC, WCA of Ohio, LLC, WCA of Oklahoma, LLC and WCA of St. Lucie, LLC, WCA Shiloh
Landfill, LLC, WCA Texas Management General, Inc. and WCA Waste Systems, Inc.;

          (nnnn) certificates from the Secretary of State of the State of Texas dated May [__],
2011 as to the legal existence under the laws of the State of Texas of Texas Environmental
Waste Services, LLC, Fort Bend Regional Landfill, L.P. and Ruffino Hills Transfer Station,
L.P., and (ii) certificates from the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas as
to the good standing under the laws of the State of Texas dated May [__], 2011 of Texas
Environmental Waste Services, LLC, Fort Bend Regional Landfill, L.P. and Ruffino Hills
Transfer Station, L.P.;

          (oooo) a certificate dated the date hereof (the “Opinion Support Certificate”),
executed by the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and by the Vice President
and General Counsel of the Issuer, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and

          (pppp) each of the Applicable Agreements (as defined below).

     We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
satisfaction, of such records of the Obligors and such agreements, certificates of public
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the Obligors and others, and such
other documents, certificates and records, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis
for the opinions set forth herein. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all
natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to
us as certified or photostatic copies. As to any facts material to the opinions and statements
expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied, to the extent
we deem appropriate, upon (i) oral or written statements and representations of officers and other
representatives of the Obligors (including, without limitation, the facts certified in the Opinion
Support Certificate), (ii) representations made by the Obligors and representations made by the
Initial Purchaser in the Purchase Agreement and (iii) statements and certifications of public
officials and others.

     As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

     “Applicable Agreements” means those agreements and other instruments identified on
Schedule 1 to the Opinion Support Certificate, which have been certified by officers of the Issuer
as being every indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease or
other agreement that is material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial
condition, assets, or properties of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, considered as a single
enterprise.

     “Applicable Guarantors” means the Delaware Guarantors and the Texas Guarantors,
collectively.

     “Applicable Obligor Organizational Documents” means, collectively, the instruments
listed in paragraphs (i) through (jjj) above, each in the form reviewed by us, as indicated above.

     “Delaware Guarantors” means the Guarantors listed in Exhibit B hereto as being
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

     “Person” means a natural person or a legal entity organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction.

     “Texas Guarantors” means the Guarantors listed in Exhibit B hereto as being organized
under the laws of the State of Texas.

     “Transaction Documents” means collectively, the Purchase Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Initial Securities and the Exchange Securities.

     Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and
assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

          1. The Issuer is validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware. Each of the Delaware Guarantors is validly existing as a corporation, limited
liability company or limited partnership (as indicated in Exhibit B) and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware. Each of the Texas Guarantors is validly existing as a corporation
or limited partnership (as indicated in Exhibit B) and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Texas.

          2. The Issuer has the corporate power and corporate authority under the laws of the State of
Delaware to (i) execute and deliver, and incur and perform all of its obligations under, the
Transaction Documents and (ii) carry on its business and own its properties as described in the
Offering Circular. Each of the Applicable Guarantors has the corporate, limited liability company
or limited partnership power and authority under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or
organization indicated in Exhibit B hereto to (i) execute and deliver, and to incur and perform all
of its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (ii) carry on its
business and own its properties as described in the Offering Circular.

          3. Each of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Initial Securities
and the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer. The Exchange
Securities have been duly authorized by the Issuer. Each of the Purchase Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
each of the Applicable Guarantors.

          4. None of (i) the execution and delivery of, or the incurrence or performance by the Obligors
of their respective obligations under, each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
each in accordance with its terms, (ii) the offering, issuance, sale and delivery of the Initial
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the offering, issuance, exchange and delivery
of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement in the manner therein contemplated, (iv) the issuance of the guaranties of the Initial
Securities by the Guarantors, or (v) the issuance of the guaranties of the Exchange Securities by
the Guarantors, at such time as the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement in the manner therein contemplated, (A)
constituted, constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Applicable Obligor Organizational
Documents, (B) constituted, constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default
(or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default), under
any Applicable Agreement, (C) resulted, results or will result in the creation of any security
interest in, or lien upon, any of the property or assets of any Obligor pursuant to any Applicable
Agreement, or (D) resulted, results or will result in any violation of (i) applicable laws of the
State of Texas, (ii) applicable laws of the State of New York, (iii) the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, (iv) the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware, (v) the
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the State of Delaware, (vi) applicable laws of the
United States of America or (vii) Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.

          5. No Governmental Approval or Filing, which has not been obtained or made and is not in full
force and effect, is required to authorize, or is required for the execution and delivery by each
of the Obligors of, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the incurrence or
performance of its obligations thereunder, or the enforceability of any of such Transaction
Documents against any of the Obligors that is a party thereto. As used in this paragraph,
“Governmental Approval or Filing” means any consent, approval, license, authorization or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, any executive, legislative, judicial,
administrative or regulatory body of the State of Texas, the State of New York, the State of
Delaware or the United States of America, pursuant to (i) applicable laws of the State of Texas,
(ii) applicable laws of the State of New York, (iii) the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, (iv) the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware, (vi) the Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act of the State of Delaware or (xii) applicable laws of the United States of
America.

          6. The statements under the caption “Description of Notes” in the Preliminary Offering
Circular (as supplemented by the Pricing Term Sheet) and under such caption in the Offering
Circular, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of documents referred
to therein and reviewed by us as described above, fairly summarize such provisions in all material
respects, subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated therein.

          7. The statements in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Offering Circular under the
caption “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as they refer to statements of
law or legal conclusions, fairly summarize the matters referred to therein in all material
respects, subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated therein.

          8. The Indenture constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each of the Obligors,
enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, under applicable laws of the State
of New York.

          9. When authenticated by the Trustee in the manner provided in the Indenture and delivered to
and paid for by the Initial Purchaser in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the Initial
Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, entitled to the benefits of
the Indenture and enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, under applicable
laws of the State of New York.

          10. When the Initial Securities have been authenticated by the Trustee in the manner provided
in the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchaser in accordance with the
Purchase Agreement, the guarantee of the Initial Securities included in the Indenture will
constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, under applicable laws of the State of New York.

          11. When validly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner
provided in the Indenture and delivered in exchange for Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange
Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Exchange Securities will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Issuer,

 

 

entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and
enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, under applicable laws of the State
of New York.

          12. When the Exchange Securities have been validly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by
the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered in exchange for
Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement, the guarantee included in the Indenture of the Exchange Securities will constitute a
valid and binding obligation of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, under applicable laws of the State of New York.

          13. The Registration Rights Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each of
the Obligors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, under applicable laws
of the State of New York.

          14. Assuming (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Obligors set forth
in Sections 2(x) and 2(y) of the Purchase Agreement, (ii) the due performance by the Obligors and
the Initial Purchaser of the covenants and agreements set forth in the Purchase Agreement, (iii)
the compliance by the Initial Purchaser with the offering and transfer procedures and the
restrictions described in the Offering Circular, (iv) the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Initial Purchaser set forth in Section 4 of the Purchase Agreement, (v) the
accuracy of the representations and warranties made or deemed to be made in accordance with the
Purchase Agreement and the Offering Circular by purchasers to whom the Initial Purchaser initially
resells the Initial Securities, and (vi) that purchasers to whom the Initial Purchaser initially
resells the Initial Securities have been made aware of the information set forth in the Offering
Circular under the caption “Notice to Investors,” (A) the offer, issue, sale and delivery of the
Initial Securities (and the guaranties thereof by the Guarantors) to the Initial Purchaser and the
initial resale of the Initial Securities (and the guaranties thereof by the Guarantors) by the
Initial Purchaser, each in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Offering
Circular, do not require registration under the Securities Act, and (B) prior to the consummation
of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement), such offer, issue, sale and delivery of the Initial Securities (and
the guaranties thereof by the Guarantors) and such initial resale of the Initial Securities (and
the guaranties thereof by the Guarantors) do not require qualification of the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; provided, however, that we express no opinion as to any
subsequent resale of any Initial Security (and the guaranties thereof by the Guarantors) or any
Exchange Security (and the guaranties thereof by the Guarantors).

          15. Each of the Obligors is not, and immediately after giving effect to the issuance and sale
of the Initial Securities occurring today and the application of proceeds therefrom as described in
the Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular, will not be, an “investment company” within the
meaning of said term as used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     In addition, we have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of
the Obligors, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Obligors, your counsel and
your representatives at which the contents of the Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular
(including the Incorporated Documents) and related matters were discussed and, although we have not
independently verified and are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained or incorporated by reference in the
Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular (except as and to the extent set forth in paragraphs 5
and 6 above), on the basis of the foregoing (relying with respect to factual matters to the extent
we deem appropriate upon statements by officers and other representatives of the Obligors), no
facts have come to our attention that have led us to believe that (i) the Disclosure Package
(including the Incorporated Documents), as of [____] p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 26, 2011 (which you
have informed us is a time prior to the time of the first sale of the Initial Securities by the
Initial Purchaser), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, or (ii) the Offering Circular (including the Incorporated
Documents), as of its date and as of the date
hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, it being understood that we express no opinion,
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Incorporated Documents, (ii)
the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto and the
auditor’s report thereon and (iii) any other financial or accounting data, included or incorporated
or deemed incorporated by reference in, or excluded from, the Offering Circular or the Disclosure
Package. Without limiting the foregoing, we call to your attention that (i) the Disclosure Package
and the Offering Circular have been prepared in the context of a Rule 144A transaction and not as
part of a registration statement under the Securities Act, and (ii) the Disclosure Package and the
Offering Circular do not contain all information that would be required in a registration statement
under the Securities Act.

     We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than (i) applicable laws of the
State of New York, (ii) applicable laws of the State of Texas, (iii) applicable laws of the United
States of America, (iv) certain other specified laws of the United States of America to the extent
referred to specifically herein, (v) the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, (vi) the
Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware and (vii) the Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act of the State of Delaware. References herein to “applicable laws” mean those laws,
rules and regulations that, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, without our having made any special investigation as to
the applicability of any specific law, rule or regulation, and that are not the subject of a
specific opinion herein referring expressly to a particular law or laws; provided however, that
such references (including, without limitation, those appearing in paragraphs 3 and 4 above) do not
include any municipal or other local laws, rules or regulations, or any antifraud, environmental,
labor, securities, tax, insurance or antitrust, laws, rules or regulations.

     Our opinions expressed herein are subject to the following additional assumptions and
qualifications:

          (i) The opinions set forth in paragraph 1 above as to the valid existence and good standing of
the Issuer and the other entities mentioned in such paragraph are based solely upon our review of
certificates and other communications from the appropriate public officials.

          (ii) In rendering the opinions set forth in paragraph 3 above regarding Applicable Agreements,
we do not express any opinion, however, as to whether the execution or delivery by the Obligors of
the Transaction Documents, or the incurrence or performance by any of the Obligors of its
obligations thereunder, will constitute a violation of, or a default under or as a result of, any
covenant, restriction or provision with respect to any financial ratio or test or any aspect of the
financial condition or results of operation of any of the Obligors.

          (iii) The opinion set forth in paragraph 6 above with respect to U.S. federal income tax
consequences is based upon our interpretations of current U.S. federal income tax law, including
court authority and existing final and temporary U.S. Treasury regulations, which are subject to
change both prospectively and retroactively, and upon the assumptions and qualifications discussed
herein. We note that such opinion represents merely our best legal judgment on the matters
presented and that others may disagree with our conclusion. Such opinion is not binding upon the
Internal Revenue Service or courts, and there is no guarantee that the Internal Revenue Service
will not successfully challenge our conclusions. No assurance can be given that future
legislative, judicial or administrative changes, on either a prospective or retroactive basis,
would not adversely affect the accuracy of our conclusions.

          (iv) Treasury Circular 230 Disclosure. This disclosure is provided to comply with
Treasury Circular 230. The opinion set forth in paragraph 6 of this letter is not intended or
written to be used, and cannot be used, by any person for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties
that may be imposed on the person. Such opinion was written to support the promoting, marketing or
recommending of the transactions or matters addressed by this written advice, and the taxpayer
should seek advice based on the taxpayer’s particular circumstances from an independent tax
advisor. No limitation has been imposed by our firm on disclosure of the tax treatment or tax
structure of the transaction.

          (v) Our opinions in paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 above may be:

          (1) limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance or transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights
of creditors generally; and

 

 

          (2) subject to the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including, without limitation, the possible
unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy and
concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.

          (vi) Our opinions in paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 insofar as they pertain to the choice
of law provisions of the instruments referred to in such paragraphs, are rendered solely in
reliance upon New York General Obligations Law Section 5-1401, and are expressly conditioned upon
the assumption that the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of said provisions
will be determined by a court of the State of New York or a United States federal court sitting in
New York and applying New York choice of law rules, including said Section 5-1401. We express no
opinion as to any such provision if such legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability is
determined by any other court, and we call your attention to the decision of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York in Lehman Brothers Commercial Corp. v.
Minmetals Int’l Non-Ferrous Metals Trading Co., 179 F. Supp. 2d 119 (S.D.N.Y. 2000), which, among
other things, contains dicta relating to possible constitutional limitations upon said Section
5-1401. We express no opinion as to any such constitutional limitations upon said Section 5-1401
or their effect, if any, upon any opinion herein expressed.

          (vii) We express no opinion as to the validity, effect or enforceability of any provisions:

          (1) purporting to establish evidentiary standards or limitations periods for suits or
proceedings to enforce such documents or otherwise, to establish certain determinations
(including determinations of contracting parties and judgments of courts) as conclusive or
conclusive absent manifest error, to commit the same to the discretion of any Person or
permit any Person to act in its sole judgment or to waive rights to notice;

          (2) providing that the assertion or employment of any right or remedy shall not prevent
the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy, or that each and every
remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other remedy or that any delay or
omission to exercise any right or remedy shall not impair any other right or remedy or
constitute a waiver thereof;

          (3) relating to severability or separability;

          (4) purporting to limit the liability of, or to exculpate, any Person, including,
without limitation, any provision that purports to waive liability for violation of
securities laws;

          (5) purporting to waive damages;

          (6) that relate to indemnification, contribution or reimbursement obligations to the
extent any such provisions (i) would purport to require any Person to provide
indemnification, contribution or reimbursement in respect of the negligence, recklessness,
willful misconduct or unlawful or wrongful behavior of any Person, (ii) violate any law,
rule or regulation (including any federal or state securities law, rule or regulation) or
(iii) are determined to be contrary to public policy;

          (7) purporting to establish any obligation of any party as absolute or unconditional
regardless of the occurrence or non-occurrence or existence or non-existence of any event or
other state of facts;

          (8) purporting to obligate any party to conform to a standard that may not be
objectively determinable or employing items that are vague or have no commonly accepted
meaning in the context in which used;

          (9) purporting to require the payment of liquidated damages or additional interest for
failure timely to comply with obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, to the
extent that payment of the same would constitute a penalty;

 

 

          (10) purporting to require that all amendments, waivers and terminations be in writing
or the disregard of any course of dealing or usage of trade;

          (11) relating to consent to jurisdiction insofar as such provisions purport to confer
subject matter jurisdiction upon any court that does not have such jurisdiction, whether in
respect of bringing suit, enforcement of judgments or otherwise;

          (12) purporting to limit the obligations of any party to the extent necessary to avoid
such obligations constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance;

          (13) purporting to require disregard of mandatory choice of law principles that could
require application of a law other than the law expressly chosen to govern the instrument in
which such provisions appear; or

          (14) purporting to waive rights to trial by jury or rights to object to jurisdiction
based on inconvenient forum.

          (viii) We express no opinion as to the validity, effect or enforceability of Section 4.06 of
the Indenture.

          (ix) In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed (except to the extent
that we expressly opine above) (1) the valid existence and good standing of each of the parties
thereto, (2) that such parties had the power and authority, corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or other, to enter into and to incur and perform all their obligations
thereunder, (3) the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or other, and the due execution and delivery by such parties of such documents
and (4) to the extent such documents purport to constitute agreements, that each of such documents
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each party thereto, enforceable against such
party in accordance with its terms. In this paragraph (viii), all references to parties to
documents shall be deemed to mean and include each of such parties, and each other person (if any)
directly or indirectly acting on its behalf.

          (x) Except to the extent that we expressly opine above, we have assumed that the execution and
delivery of the Transaction Documents, and the incurrence and performance of the obligations
thereunder of the parties thereto do not and will not contravene, breach, violate or constitute a
default under (with the giving of notice, the passage of time or otherwise) (a) the certificate of
incorporation, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership, articles of
organization, charter, bylaws, limited liability company agreement, regulations, limited
partnership agreement or similar organic document of any such party, (b) any contract, indenture,
mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument, (c) any statute, law, rule,
or regulation, (d) any judicial or administrative order or decree of any governmental authority, or
(e) any consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or
registration with, any governmental authority, in each case, to which any party to the Transaction
Documents or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be subject, or by
which any of them may be bound or affected. Further, we have assumed the compliance by each such
party, other than the Obligors, with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to it, as well as
the compliance by each of the Obligors, and each other person (if any) directly or indirectly
acting on its behalf, with all laws, rules and regulations that may be applicable to it by virtue
of the particular nature of the business conducted by it or any goods or services produced or
rendered by it or property owned, operated or leased by it, or any other facts pertaining
specifically to it. In this paragraph (ix), all references to parties to the Transaction
Documents, other than the first such reference, shall be deemed to mean and include each of such
parties, and each other person (if any) directly or indirectly acting on its behalf.

          (xi) Without limiting the generality of our qualification in clause 0 of paragraph (iv) above,
we express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of any preference, fraudulent transfer or
conveyance, or similar law (including, without limitation, Section 548 of Title 11 of the United
States Code or Article 10 of the New York Debtor Creditor Law) on the Transaction Documents or any
transactions contemplated thereby or any opinion expressed herein.

 

 

          (xii) We express no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any jurisdiction in which any
holder of any Initial Security or Exchange Security is located (other than the State of New York)
that limit the interest, fees or other charges such holder may impose for the loan or use of money
or other credit.

          (xiii) Except to the extent that we expressly opine above, we have assumed that no
authorization, consent or other approval of, notice to or registration, recording or filing with
any court, governmental authority or regulatory body (other than routine informational filings,
filings under the Securities Act and filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
is required to authorize, or is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, the execution or delivery thereof by or on behalf of any party thereto or
the incurrence or performance by any of the parties thereto of its obligations thereunder.

          (xiv) We advise you that certain of the guaranty and surety waivers contained in the Indenture
may be unenforceable in whole or in part.

     This opinion is being furnished only to you in connection with the sale of the Initial
Securities under the Purchase Agreement occurring today and is solely for your benefit and is not
to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose or relied upon by any
other Person, including any purchaser of any Initial Security from you and any subsequent purchaser
of any Initial Security or Exchange Security, without our express written permission. The opinions
expressed herein are as of the date hereof only and are based on laws, orders, contract terms and
provisions, and facts as of such date, and we disclaim any obligation to update this opinion letter
after such date or to advise you of changes of facts stated or assumed herein or any subsequent
changes in law.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

 	 

 

 

Exhibit A

WCA Waste Corporation

Officers’ Certificate

June 7, 2011

     Reference is made to the Purchase Agreement dated May 26, 2011 (the “Purchase
Agreement”) among (i) WCA Waste Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”),
(ii) the subsidiaries of the Issuer listed on Schedule A thereto and (iii) Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC (the “Initial Purchaser”), relating to the sale by the Issuer to the Initial
Purchaser of $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 7.50% Senior Notes due 2019
(the “Initial Securities”). The undersigned, Charles A. Casalinova and Michael A. Roy,
hereby certify that they are (i) the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and (ii) the
Vice President and General Counsel, respectively, of the Issuer. Capitalized terms used but not
defined in this certificate have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Opinion
Letter referred to below.

     Such officers understand that pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Andrews Kurth LLP
(“AK”), special counsel to the Issuer, is delivering to the Initial Purchaser an opinion
letter dated the date hereof (the “Opinion Letter”). Such officers further understand that
AK is relying on this certificate and the statements made herein in rendering certain of the
opinions expressed in the Opinion Letter.

     With regard to the foregoing, the undersigned certify that they have made due inquiry of all
persons necessary or appropriate to verify or confirm the statements contained herein and they
further certify the following:

     1. Attached as Schedule 1 to this Officers’ Certificate is a true, accurate and
complete list of every indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement,
lease or other agreement (collectively, “Applicable Agreements”) that is both (i) material
in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the
Issuer and its subsidiaries, considered as a single enterprise and (ii) an instrument by which the
Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is bound, or by which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, immediately after applying the
proceeds from the sale of the Initial Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds”
in the Issuer’s Confidential Offering Circular dated May 26, 2011 (the “Offering Circular”)
relating to the Initial Securities.

     2. The Issuer and its subsidiaries are engaged in businesses other than that of investing,
reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in Securities. Furthermore, the Issuer and its
subsidiaries:

     (a) are not engaged primarily, nor does any of them hold itself out as being engaged
primarily, nor does any of them propose to engage primarily, in the business of investing,
reinvesting or trading in Securities;

     (b) are not engaged, nor do any of them propose to engage, in the business of issuing
Face-Amount Certificates of the Installment Type, nor has any of them been engaged in such business
and has any such certificates outstanding;

     (c) are not engaged, nor does any of them propose to engage, in the business of investing,
reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in Securities (other than Securities of its respective
subsidiaries); and

     (d) do not own, nor does any of them propose to acquire, Investment Securities having a value
exceeding 40 percent of the value of its total assets (exclusive of Government Securities and cash
items) on an unconsolidated basis.

     As used in paragraph 2 of this certificate:

     “Face-Amount Certificate of the Installment Type” means any certificate, investment
contract or other Security which represents an obligation on the part of its issuer to pay a stated
or determinable sum or sums at a fixed or determinable date or dates more than twenty-four months
after the date of issuance, in consideration of the payment of periodic installments of a stated or
determinable amount;

     “Government Security” means any Security issued or guaranteed as to principal or
interest by the United States, or by an entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an
instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the
Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing;

     “Investment Securities” means all Securities except (i) Government Securities and (ii)
Securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries of the owner, which subsidiaries: (A) are not
themselves engaged in any activity

Exhibit A — Page 1

 

 

described in clauses (a)-(c) of paragraph 3 of this certificate; and (B) do not own or propose
to own Investment Securities having a value exceeding 40 percent of the value of each such
subsidiary’s total assets (exclusive of Government Securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated
basis; and

     “Security” or “Securities” means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond,
debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing
agreement, collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable
share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security,
fractional undivided interest in oil, gas or other mineral rights, any put, call, straddle, option
or privilege on any security (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of
securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call,
straddle, option or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign
currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a “security,” or any
certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for,
guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.

     3. Each of the Issuer and its subsidiaries does not own, and none of the proceeds from the
offering of notes contemplated by the Purchase Agreement will be used directly or indirectly to
purchase or carry, any “margin stock” as defined in Regulation U promulgated by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

     4. The sale of Initial Securities pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act is not a
part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the Securities Act.

(Signature page follows)

Exhibit A — Page 2

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have executed this Officers’ Certificate as of the date
first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Charles A. Casalinova
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Michael A. Roy
Vice President and General Counsel 	 

Exhibit A — Page 3

 

 

Schedule 1

Applicable Agreements

	1.	 	Equity Interest and Asset Purchase Agreement dated December 9, 2009 among WCA Waste
Corporation, WCA of Massachusetts, LLC, WCA of Ohio, LLC, Live Earth LLC, Champion City
Recovery, LLC, Boxer Realty Development, LLC, Sunny Farms Landfill, LLC and New Amsterdam &
Seneca Railroad Company, LLC.
	 
	2.	 	Amended and Restated Equity Interest Purchase Agreement dated February 28, 2011 by and among
WCA Waste Corporation, WCA Waste Systems, Inc., WCA of Mississippi, LLC, EWS Holdings, LLC,
WRH Gainesville, LLC, WRH Gainesville Holdings, LLC, WRH Orange City, LLC, EWS Central Florida
Hauling, LLC, MacLand Holdings, Inc., MacLand Holdings, Inc., MacLand Disposal Center, Inc.,
MacLand Disposal Inc. II and Emerald Waste Services, LLC.
	 
	3.	 	Indenture, dated as of July 5, 2006, by and among WCA Waste Corporation, the Guarantors named
therein and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended
and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of March 22, 2011 by and
among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company named therein as parties thereto and as
guarantors, and the Trustee.
	 
	4.	 	Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2010, between WCA
Management Company, L.P., WCA Waste Corporation and Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.
	 
	5.	 	Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2010, between WCA
Management Company, L.P., WCA Waste Corporation and Jerome Kruszka.
	 
	6.	 	Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2010, between WCA
Management Company, L.P., WCA Waste Corporation and Charles Casalinova.
	 
	7.	 	Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2010, between WCA
Management Company, L.P., WCA Waste Corporation and Tom J. Fatjo, III.
	 
	8.	 	Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2006, by and among WCA Waste Corporation,
Comerica Bank and the Lenders named therein.
	 
	9.	 	First Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2006, by and among WCA
Waste Corporation, Comerica Bank and the Lenders named therein.
	 
	10.	 	Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2006, by and among
WCA Waste Corporation, Comerica Bank, and the Lenders named therein.
	 
	11.	 	Third Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 26, 2006, by and among
WCA Waste Corporation and Comerica Bank.
	 
	12.	 	Fourth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2007, by and among
WCA Waste Corporation and Comerica Bank.
	 
	13.	 	Fifth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2007, by and among WCA
Waste Corporation and Comerica Bank.
	 
	14.	 	Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2007, by and among WCA
Waste Corporation and Comerica Bank.
	 
	15.	 	Seventh Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2007, by and among
WCA Waste Corporation and Comerica Bank.
	 
	16.	 	Eight Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated October 28, 2008, among WCA Waste
Corporation, Comerica Bank and the Lenders named therein.
	 
	17.	 	Ninth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated February 9, 2009, among WCA Waste
Corporation, Comerica Bank and the Lenders named therein.
	 
	18.	 	Tenth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated December 31, 2009, among WCA Waste
Corporation, Comerica Bank and the Lenders named therein.

Schedule 1 — Page 1

 

 

	19.	 	Eleventh Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated February 17, 2009, among WCA Waste
Corporation, Comerica Bank and the Lenders named therein.
	 
	20.	 	Twelfth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated June 30, 2010, among WCA Waste
Corporation, Comerica Bank and the Lenders named therein.
	 
	21.	 	Thirteenth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated February 28, 2011, among WCA Waste
Corporation, Comerica Bank, Compass Bank, Regions Bank and the Lenders named therein.
	 
	22.	 	Fourteenth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, dated May [__], 2011, among WCA Waste
Corporation, Comerica Bank, Compass Bank, Regions Bank and the Lenders named therein.
	 
	23.	 	Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2006, by and between WCA Waste
Corporation and Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P.
	 
	24.	 	Stockholder’s Agreement, dated July 27, 2006, among WCA Waste Corporation and Ares Corporate
Opportunities Fund II, L.P.
	 
	25.	 	Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 27, 2006, among WCA Waste Corporation and Ares
Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P.
	 
	26.	 	Management Rights Letter, dated July 27, 2006, between WCA Waste Corporation and Ares
Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P.
	 
	27.	 	Registration Rights Agreement dated December 31, 2009 among WCA Waste Corporation and the
individuals and entities named therein.
	 
	28.	 	Stockholders’ Agreement dated January 15, 2010 among WCA Waste Corporation, Joseph E.
LoConti, Daniel J. Clark, Gregory J. Skoda Revocable Trust, and Patricia A. Skoda Revocable
Trust.
	 
	29.	 	Registration Rights Agreement dated February 28, 2011 among WCA Waste Corporation and EWS
Holdings, LLC.
	 
	30.	 	Stockholders’ Agreement dated February 28, 2011 among WCA Waste Corporation and EWS
Holdings, LLC.

Schedule 1 — Page 2

 

 

Exhibit B

Applicable Guarantors

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Jurisdiction of Formation
	Name	 	Type of Entity	 	or Organization
	Texas Environmental Waste Services, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Texas
	Fort Bend Regional Landfill, LP

	 	limited partnership
	 	Texas
	Ruffino Hills Transfer Station, LP

	 	limited partnership
	 	Texas
	Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	Waste Corporation of Kansas, Inc.

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	Waste Corporation of Missouri, Inc.

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	Waste Corporation of Tennessee, Inc.

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	Waste Corporation of Texas, L.P.

	 	limited partnership
	 	Delaware
	WCA Capital, Inc.

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	WCA Holdings Corporation

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	WCA Management Company, LP

	 	limited partnership
	 	Delaware
	WCA Management General, Inc.

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	WCA Management Limited, Inc.

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	WCA of Alabama, L.L.C.

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	WCA of Central Florida, Inc.

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	WCA of Florida, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	WCA of North Carolina, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	WCA Shiloh Landfill, L.L.C.

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	WCA Texas Management General, Inc.

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	WCA Waste Systems, Inc.

	 	corporation
	 	Delaware
	Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	WCA of Massachusetts, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	WCA of Mississippi, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	WCA of Ohio, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	WCA of Oklahoma, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware
	WCA of St. Lucie, LLC

	 	limited liability company
	 	Delaware

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Schedule E

Opinion of In-House Counsel for Company

[WCA Letterhead]

June 7, 2011

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Eleven Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-3629

          Re: 7.50% Senior Notes due 2019 issued by WCA Waste Corporation

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     I am Vice President and General Counsel of WCA Waste Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Issuer”), and in such capacity, I have acted as counsel to the Issuer and the subsidiaries
of the Issuer in connection with the Purchase Agreement dated May 26, 2011 (the “Purchase
Agreement”) among (i) the Issuer, (ii) the subsidiaries of the Issuer named therein as parties
thereto, and (iii) Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “Initial Purchaser”), relating
to the sale by the Issuer to the Initial Purchaser of $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
the Issuer’s 7.50% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Initial Securities”). The Initial
Securities are being issued under an Indenture dated as of June 7, 2011 (the “Indenture”)
among the Issuer, the subsidiaries of the Issuer named therein as parties thereto and as guarantors
of the Initial Securities (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and BOKF, NA dba Bank of Texas,
as trustee. The Issuer and the Guarantors are referred to collectively herein as the
“Obligors.”

     The Obligors and the Initial Purchaser have entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of June 7, 2011 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Obligors
have agreed to file, under certain conditions, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to an offer (the
“Exchange Offer”) by the Obligors to the holders of the Initial Securities to issue and
deliver to such holders, in exchange for their Initial Securities, a like principal amount of new
securities (the “Exchange Securities”) identical to the Initial Securities in all material
respects, except that the Exchange Securities will not (except in specified circumstances) be
subject to restrictions on transfer.

     I am furnishing this opinion letter to you pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Purchase Agreement.

     In rendering the opinions set forth herein, I have examined and relied on originals or copies,
certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of the following:

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          (a) the Issuer’s Preliminary Confidential Offering Circular dated May 23, 2011 (the
“Preliminary Offering Circular”) relating to the Initial Securities;

          (b) the Issuer’s Confidential Offering Circular dated May 26, 2011 (the “Offering
Circular”) relating to the Initial Securities;

          (c) the Issuer’s term sheet dated May 26, 2011, relating to the Initial Securities (the
“Pricing Term Sheet” and together with the Preliminary Offering Circular, the “Disclosure
Package”);

          (d) each of the Issuer’s reports that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and are incorporated by reference in the Offering Circular (the “Incorporated
Documents”);

          (e) the Indenture;

          (f) the form of the Initial Securities and the form of the Exchange Securities;

          (g) the Purchase Agreement; and

          (h) the Registration Rights Agreement.

     I have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my
satisfaction, of such records of the Obligors and such agreements, certificates of public
officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Obligors and others, and such
other documents, certificates and records, as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for
the opinions set forth herein. In my examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural
persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as
originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to me as
certified or photostatic copies. As to any facts material to the opinions and statements expressed
herein that I did not independently establish or verify, I have relied, to the extent I deem
appropriate, upon (i) oral or written statements and representations of officers and other
representatives of the Obligors, (ii) representations made by the Obligors and representations made
by the Initial Purchaser in the Purchase Agreement and (iii) statements and certifications of
public officials and others.

     As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

     “Applicable Orders” means every order or decree of any governmental authority of which
I am aware and by which any Obligor or any of their respective properties is bound, that is
material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or
properties of the Obligors, considered as a single enterprise.

     “Person” means a natural person or a legal entity organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction.

     “Transaction Documents” means collectively, the Purchase Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Initial Securities and the Exchange Securities.

     Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and
assumptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion that no Applicable Order has been or will be
contravened as a result of (a) the execution and delivery of, or the incurrence or performance by
the Obligors of their respective obligations under, each of the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party, each in accordance with its terms, (b) the offering, issuance, sale and delivery of the
Initial Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (c) the offering, issuance, exchange and
delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement in the manner therein contemplated, (d) the issuance of the guaranties of the
Initial Securities by the Guarantors, as set forth in the Indenture, or (e) the

Schedule 1 — Page 5

 

 

issuance of the guaranties of the Exchange Securities by the Guarantors, as set forth in the
Indenture, at such time as the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement in the manner therein contemplated.

     Furthermore, I advise you that except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering
Circular (including the Incorporated Documents), I am not aware of any action, suit or legal
proceeding pending or overtly threatened (by written notice to the Issuer) against or affecting the
Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, that, if determined
adversely to the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, properties or results of operations
of the Issuer and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or would materially and adversely
affect the ability of (a) any of the Obligors to execute or deliver, or the incur or perform it
respective obligations under, each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, each in
accordance with its terms, (b) the Issuer to offer, issue, sell or deliver of the Initial
Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (c) the Issuer to offer, issue, exchange and deliver
the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement in the manner therein contemplated, (d) each of the Guarantors to issue the guarantee of
the Initial Securities by such Guarantor, as set forth in the Indenture, or (e) each of the
Guarantors to issue the guarantee of the Exchange Securities by such Guarantor, as set forth in the
Indenture, at such time as the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement in the manner therein contemplated.

     I express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than applicable laws of the
State of Texas. References herein to “applicable laws” mean those laws, rules and regulations
that, in my experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, without my having made any special investigation as to the applicability of
any specific law, rule or regulation, and that are not the subject of a specific opinion herein
referring expressly to a particular law or laws; provided, however, that such references do not
include any municipal or other local laws, rules or regulations, or any antifraud, environmental,
labor, securities, tax, insurance or antitrust laws, rules or regulations.

     Statements in this letter as to my awareness of any matter have been made after such internal
inquiry posed to the Issuer’s management as I deemed appropriate, and such statements do not
indicate any external investigation of the existence or non-existence of any facts or
circumstances.

     This opinion is being furnished only to you in connection with the sale of the Initial
Securities under the Purchase Agreement occurring today and is solely for your benefit and is not
to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose or relied upon by any
other Person, including any purchaser of any Initial Security from you and any subsequent purchaser
of any Initial Security or Exchange Security, without my express written permission. The opinions
expressed herein are as of the date hereof only and are based on laws, orders, contract terms and
provisions, and facts as of such date, and I disclaim any obligation to update this opinion letter
after such date or to advise you of changes of facts stated or assumed herein or any subsequent
changes in applicable law.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

 	 

Schedule 1 — Page 6exv10w2

Exhibit 10.2

FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT 

     This Fourteenth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement (“Amendment”) is made as of May 25,
2011 (“Effective Date”) among WCA WASTE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), COMERICA
BANK, a Texas banking association (“Comerica”), in its capacity as Administrative Agent or Agent
under the Credit Agreement, as defined below (in such capacity, “Agent”), and in its capacity as
Co-Lead Arranger, Joint Book Runner, and a Lender under the Credit Agreement, COMPASS BANK, in its
capacity as Co-Lead Arranger, Documentation Agent, Joint Book Runner, and a Lender under the Credit
Agreement, REGIONS BANK, in its capacity as Syndication Agent, and a Lender under the Credit
Agreement, and the “Lenders” from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

     The Borrower and Agent entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement dated July 5, 2006, as
amended by Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of July 28, 2006, Second Amendment to
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of September 25, 2006, Third Amendment to Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of November 20, 2006, Fourth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
January 24, 2007, Fifth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2007, Sixth
Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of July 27, 2007, Seventh Amendment to Revolving
Credit Agreement dated as of December 27, 2007, Eighth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of October 22, 2008, Ninth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February
19, 2009, Tenth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 31, 2009, Eleventh
Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 17, 2010, Twelfth Amendment to
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2010, and Thirteenth Amendment to Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of February 28, 2011 (“Credit Agreement”) providing terms and conditions
governing certain loans and other credit accommodations extended by the Agent to Borrower
(“Indebtedness”).

     Borrower, Agent and the Lenders have agreed to amend the terms of the Credit Agreement as
provided in this Amendment.

AGREEMENT

     1. Defined Terms. In this Amendment, capitalized terms used without separate
definition shall have the meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

     2. Amendments.

          a. The following definitions are hereby added to Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement in the
appropriate alphabetical order:

     “Debtor Relief Laws” means the Federal Bankruptcy Code, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor
relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in
effect.

     “Defaulting Lender” means a Lender that, as determined by the Agent (with
notice to the Borrower of such determination), (a) has failed to perform any of its funding
obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, in respect of its Percentage Share of
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participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within one (1) Business Day of
the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Agent, or
any Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or under
other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within one (1)
Business Day after request by the Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Agent
that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect
parent company that has (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law,
or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator,
assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or
liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such capacity; provided that a
Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of
any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a
governmental authority unless deemed so by Agent, in its sole discretion.

     “Defaulting Lender’s Unfunded Portion” means such Defaulting Lender’s
Percentage Share of the Revolving Credit Commitment minus the sum of (a) the aggregate
principal amount of all advances of the Revolving Credit Loans funded by the Defaulting
Lender under the Revolving Credit Loans, plus (b) such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage Share
of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all advances of Swing Line Loans, plus (c)
the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding, and
(ii) the aggregate amount of all unreimbursed drawings under all Letters of Credit which
remain unpaid as of such date.

     “Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an
Approved Fund; (d) any Person (other than a natural person) that is or will be engaged in
the business of making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans or
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business, provided that such
Person is administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an entity or
Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender; or (d) any other Person (other
than a natural person) approved by the (i) Agent (and in the case of an assignment of a
commitment under the Revolving Credit Loans, the Issuing Bank and Swing Line Lender), and
(ii) unless a Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, that (x) notwithstanding the
foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrower, or any of the Borrower’s
Affiliates or Subsidiaries; and (y) no assignment shall be made to a Defaulting Lender (or
any Person who would be a Defaulting Lender if such Person was a Lender hereunder) without
the consent of the Agent, and in the case of an assignment of a commitment under the
Revolving Credit Loans, the Issuing Bank and the Swing Line Lender

     “Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date” means the effective date of the
Fourteenth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement among the Borrower, Agent and the
Lenders.

     “Fronting Exposure” means at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with
respect to the Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage Share of the outstanding
Letter of Credit obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank,
and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage Share of
outstanding Swing Line Advances made by the Swing Line Lender.

     “Initial Reinvestment Period” shall mean a 180-day period during which
Reinvestment must be commenced under Sections 2.08(b)(ii)(A) and (B), and
Section 2.08(b)(iv) of this Agreement.

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     “New Senior Unsecured Debt” means up to a maximum amount of $225,000,000 Senior
Unsecured Notes to be dated and issued by Borrower prior to June 30, 2011 pursuant to the
Senior Unsecured Note Indenture set forth in clause (b) of the definition thereof, with a
maturity of not earlier than October 8, 2016.”

     “Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender that is not, as of the date of
relevance, a Defaulting Lender.

     “Prior Senior Unsecured Debt” means the $150,000,000 Senior Unsecured Notes
dated as of June 30, 2006 issued by Borrower pursuant to the Senior Unsecured Note
Indenture, with a maturity of June 15, 2014.

     “Prior Senior Unsecured Note Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of June
30, 2006 among Borrower, the Guarantors (as therein defined) and the Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A., as trustee, regarding the issuance of notes evidencing the Senior Unsecured
Debt.

     “Reinvest” or “Reinvestment” means, (a) with respect to any net cash
proceeds received by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any
Transfer, the application of such monies to (i) repair, improve or replace any tangible
personal (excluding inventory other than landfill assets and related soil and dirt
inventory) or real property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any intellectual property
reasonably necessary in order to use or benefit from any property, or (ii) acquire any such
property (excluding inventory) to be used in the business of Borrower or its Subsidiaries,
and (b) with respect to net cash proceeds received by Borrower or its Subsidiaries in
connection with the issuance of Equity Interests, the application of such net cash proceeds
to (i) the repurchase of its preferred Equity Interests, or (ii) an Expansion Expenditure
permitted under the terms of this Agreement.

     “Reinvestment Certificate” is defined in Section 2.08(b)(ii) hereof.

     “Reinvestment Period” means (a) a 365-day period during which Reinvestment must
be completed under Sections 2.08(b)(ii)(A) and (B), and Section 2.08(b)(iv)
of this Agreement, and (b) a 90-day period during which Reinvestment must be completed under
Section 2.08(b)(ii)(C) of this Agreement.

          b. The definition of “Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments” in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

          “‘Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments’ at any time equals the sum of the Revolving
Credit Commitments of the Lenders, as the same may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.03(b)
or Section 10.02(a) or increased pursuant to Section 2.04. The Aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments on the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date shall be $200,000,000.”

          c. The definition of “Funded Debt” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety as follows:

     “‘Funded Debt’ means collectively, without duplication, whether classified as
Debt, an investment or otherwise on a Person’s consolidated balance sheet, (a) all Debt
described in clauses (a), (b), (d) , (e) and (o) of
the definition of “Debt”, but excluding equity based or other non-cash earn-outs and
Closure/Post-Closure Letters of Credit, and (b) all guaranties and other surety obligations
of the Funded Debt of others; provided, however, that, all obligations in respect of surety
bonds and similar instruments of the nature and for the purposes described in Schedule

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7.02, item 1 are not included as Funded Debt, and without duplication,
Funded Debt shall be reduced by the amount of cash to the extent such cash is greater than
$1,000,000 and is maintained by the Borrower or any Guarantor.

          d. The definition of “Impaired Lender” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     “‘Impaired Lender’ means a Defaulting Lender and any other Lender (a) which
the Agent, Issuing Bank, or Swing Line Lender believes, in good faith, has defaulted (and
continues to be in default) in fulfilling its obligations under any other syndicated credit
facilities or as a participant in any other credit facility and such Lender is not in good
faith disputing that such a failure has occurred, or (b) which, if carrying an investment
grade rating of at least BBB from S&P or Baa3 from Moody’s at the time it became a party to
this Agreement, no longer carries a rating of at least BBB- from S&P or Baa3 from Moody’s,
provided, however, in all cases, an Impaired Lender shall no longer be deemed an Impaired
Lender when (i) the Impaired Lender shall have cured the conditions which shall have caused
it to be an Impaired Lender hereunder, and (ii) the Agent has agreed that such Lender shall
no longer be deemed an Impaired Lender hereunder.”

          e. The definition of “Proforma Adjusted EBITDA” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     “‘Proforma Adjusted EBITDA’ means for any period, the sum of, without
duplication, (a) EBITDA for such period, plus (b) non-recurring non-cash expenses or
charges during such period, plus (c) historical results for any acquisitions which
are consummated on or after the Closing Date, adjusted for the lesser of: (x) the sum of
(without duplication): (i) add-backs permitted pursuant to Article 11, Regulation S-X of the
Securities Act of 1933 for the 12-month period then ended, plus (ii) the effect of
Additional Volume and/or Increased Use, as applicable, and itemized direct cost savings that
will be achieved as a result of, or in connection with, any acquisitions consummated after
the Closing Date, plus (iii) the Prior Acquisition Add-Back, or (y) fifteen percent
(15%) of the Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA before the inclusion of items (x)(i), (x)(ii), and
(x)(iii), plus (d) non-cash charges for increases in closure and post-closure
obligations, plus (e) non-cash charges (or minus non-cash benefits, if
applicable) reflecting the adoption of SFAS No. 123 (and all amendments thereto),
plus (f) all non-cash charges related to restricted stock and redeemable stock
interests granted to officers, directors and employees, plus (g) expense (or
minus income, if applicable) associated with any Hedging Agreements and/or the 2006
Interest Rate Hedging Agreement, plus (h) non-cash losses on asset sales in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000, plus (i) 2006 Interest Rate Hedging
Agreement Termination Expense, plus (j) any fees, costs, expenses, or other charges
incurred in connection with the Fourteenth Amendment to this Agreement or the closing and
issuance of the Senior Unsecured Debt (including, but not limited to, any penalties,
expenses or fees related to the Prior Senior Unsecured Debt and expensed during Borrower’s
fiscal quarters ending as of March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011) in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $10,000,000.

          f. The definition of “Required Lenders” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     “‘Required Lenders’ means: (a) so long as there is a single Lender, that
Lender and (b) at any time while no Loans are outstanding, two or more Lenders holding an
amount which is greater than or equal to 51% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments
and, at any time while Loans are outstanding, two or more Lenders holding an amount which is
greater than or

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equal to 51% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Loans (without regard
to any sale by a Lender of a participation in any Loan under Section 12.05(d)) and
unused Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time. The Commitments of, and portion
of the Obligations attributable to, and Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of
making a determination of “Required Lenders”.”

          g. The definition of “Senior Unsecured Debt” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     “‘Senior Unsecured Debt’ means (a) the Prior Senior Unsecured Debt, and (b) up
to a maximum amount of $225,000,000 Senior Unsecured Notes to be dated and issued by
Borrower prior to June 30, 2011 pursuant to the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture, with a
maturity of not earlier than October 8, 2016.”

          h. The definition of “Senior Unsecured Note Indenture” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     “‘Senior Unsecured Note Indenture’ means (a) the Prior Senior Unsecured Note
Indenture, and (b) the Indenture among Borrower, the Guarantors (as therein defined) and the
Bank of Texas, N.A., as trustee, regarding the issuance of notes evidencing the Senior
Unsecured Debt set forth in clause (b) of the definition thereof.

          i. The definition of “Termination Date” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     “‘Termination Date’ means, with respect to the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments, the earlier of (a) April 7, 2016, and (b) the date that the Aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments are sooner terminated pursuant to Section 2.03(b) or
10.02 and the Revolving Credit Loans are prepaid in full pursuant to Section
2.08.

          j. Section 2.01(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

     “(c) Letters of Credit. During the period from and including the Closing Date
to, but excluding, the date 30 days prior to the Termination Date, the Issuing Bank, as
issuing bank for the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments, agrees to extend credit for
the account of the Borrower or any Guarantor (other than Holdings) at any time and from time
to time by issuing, renewing, extending or reissuing Letters of Credit; provided however,
the LC Exposure at any one time outstanding shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the LC
Commitment or (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, as then in effect,
minus the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans
and the LC Exposure then outstanding. The Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments shall
participate in such Letters of Credit according to their respective Percentage Shares. Each
of the Letters of Credit shall (i) be issued by the Issuing Bank, (ii) contain such terms
and provisions as are reasonably required by the Issuing Bank, and (iii) be for the account
of the Borrower or any Guarantor (other than Holdings).
Each Letter of Credit (including any renewal thereof) shall expire not later than the
first to occur of (i) thirteen (13) months after the date of issuance thereof, and (ii) ten
(10) days prior to the Termination Date in effect on the date of issuance thereof.”

          k. Section 2.04(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

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     “(a) So long as (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing, and (ii) the Borrower
has not terminated or reduced in part any unused portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments at any time pursuant to Section 2.03, the Borrower may by notice to the
Administrative Agent, request increases in the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments within the limitations hereafter described, which notices shall set forth the
amount of any such increase. In accordance with Section 2.04(d), the amount of the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments may be so increased either by having one or more New
Lenders that have been approved by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent become Lenders
and/or by having any one or more of the then existing Lenders (at their respective election
in their sole discretion) increase the amount of their Commitments (“Increasing
Lenders”), provided that (i) the Revolving Credit Commitment of any New Lender shall not
be less than $5,000,000 and the sum of the Commitments of the New Lenders and the increases
in the Commitments of the Increasing Lenders shall be in an aggregate amount of not less
than $5,000,000 (and, if in excess thereof, in integral multiples of $1,000,000); (ii) the
aggregate amount of all the increases in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant
to this Section 2.04 shall not exceed $50,000,000 (provided, however, the
Administrative Agent shall have consented in its sole discretion to the utilization of the
last $5,000,000 of the amount described in this clause (ii)); (iii) the Borrower,
each New Lender and/or each Increasing Lender shall have executed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent a commitment and acceptance (the “Commitment and Acceptance”)
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, and the Administrative Agent shall
have accepted and executed the same, (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent opinions of counsel (substantially
similar to the forms of opinions provided for in Section 6.01(f), modified to apply
to the increase in the Commitments and Commitment and Acceptance executed and delivered in
connection therewith); (v) the Guarantors shall have consented in writing to the new
Commitments or increases in Commitments (as applicable) and shall have agreed that their
Guaranty Agreement continues in full force and effect, and (vi) the Borrower, each New
Lender and/or each Increasing Lender shall otherwise have executed and delivered such other
instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested in
connection with such new Commitment or increase in the Commitment (as applicable). The form
and substance of the documents required under clauses (iii) through (vi)
above shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
shall provide written notice to all of the Lenders hereunder of the admission of any New
Lender or the increase in the Commitment of any Increasing Lender hereunder and shall
furnish to each of the Lenders copies of the documents required under clause (iii),
(iv), (v) and (vi) above.”

          l. Section 2.05(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:

     “(i) The Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agent, for the account of each
Lender holding a Revolving Credit Commitment, commissions for issuing the Letters of Credit
on the daily average outstanding of the maximum liability of the Issuing Bank existing from
time to time under such Letter of Credit (calculated separately for each Letter of Credit)
at the rate per annum equal to (x) with respect to Closure/Post-Closure Letters of Credit
for landfills with remaining permitted lives expiring after the Termination Date, 75% of the
Applicable Margin in effect from time to time for Letters of Credit, and (y) with respect to
all other Letters of Credit, the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time for Letters
of Credit, provided that each Letter of Credit shall bear a minimum commission of $500.
Each Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding up to the full undrawn face amount
of the Letter of Credit until the Issuing Bank has received the canceled Letter of Credit or
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beneficiary of such Letter of Credit in form and substance acceptable to the Issuing
Bank, or for any reductions in the amount of the Letter of Credit (other than from a
drawing), written notification from the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit. Such
commissions are payable quarterly in advance on each Quarterly Date and upon cancellation or
expiration of each such Letter of Credit.”

          m. Section 2.08(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:

     “(ii) Upon Transfers and Issuances of Equity. The Borrower shall, and shall
cause any Subsidiary to, pay (promptly, upon receipt thereof, except as specifically
provided to the contrary below) an amount equal to:

     (A) 100% of the net cash proceeds received from any Transfers, based on the greater of
the net book value of the Property sold or the net proceeds received which are not
Reinvested as described in the following sentence. With respect to net cash proceeds
received from a Transfer permitted under Section 9.17(i) or Section
9.17(iii), the Borrower is not required to make a prepayment hereunder if the following
conditions are satisfied: (i) promptly following the Transfer, Borrower provides to Agent a
certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (“Reinvestment Certificate”)
stating (x) that the Transfer has occurred, (y) that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing either as of the date of the Transfer or as of the date of the
Reinvestment Certificate, and (z) a description of the planned Reinvestment of the proceeds
thereof, (ii) the Reinvestment of such net cash proceeds is commenced within the Initial
Reinvestment Period and completed within the Reinvestment Period, and (iii) no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of the Transfer and at the time
of the application of such proceeds to Reinvestment. If any such proceeds have not been
Reinvested at the end of the Reinvestment Period, Borrower shall promptly pay such proceeds
to Agent, to be applied in accordance with this Section 2.08(b)(ii),

     (B) 50% of the excess net cash proceeds received from any issuance by Borrower of any
Debt other than the Senior Unsecured Debt or by its Subsidiaries of any Subordinated Debt,
and

     (C) 50% of the excess net cash proceeds received from any issuance by Borrower or its
Subsidiaries of its Equity Interests, other than any common stock issued to Ares, which are
not applied as described in the following sentence. With respect to net cash proceeds
received from any issuance by Borrower or its Subsidiaries of its Equity Interests, the
Borrower is not required to make a prepayment hereunder if the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) promptly following the issuance, Borrower provides to Agent a Reinvestment
Certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating (x) that the issuance
has occurred, (y) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing either
as of the date of the issuance or as of the date of the Reinvestment Certificate, and (z) a
description of the planned Reinvestment of the proceeds thereof, (ii) the Reinvestment of
such net cash proceeds is completed within the Reinvestment Period, and (iii) no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of the issuance and at the time
of the application of such proceeds to Reinvestment. If any such proceeds have not been
Reinvested at the end of the Reinvestment Period, Borrower shall promptly pay such proceeds
to Agent, to be applied in accordance with this Section 2.08(b)(ii).

     Prepayments made pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be applied first, to the
Revolving Credit Loans, and second, as cash collateral. Upon the occurrence of any event
requiring a mandatory prepayment to the Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Sections
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other than the issuance by Borrower of the Senior Unsecured Debt in connection with the
Fourteenth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, and the Lenders, consummated on or about the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments shall automatically reduce by an amount equal to such
net cash proceeds received in connection with the transactions described in clauses
(A) and (B) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may elect to
provide cash collateral in lieu of the prepayments required pursuant to this clause
(ii) to the extent any LIBOR Loans are outstanding until termination of the applicable
Interest Period so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing.”

          n. Section 2.08(b)(iv) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:

     “(iv) Transfers of Non-Core Assets. The Borrower shall, and shall cause any
Guarantor or Subsidiary to, apply (promptly upon receipt thereof, except as specifically
provided to the contrary below) an amount equal to 100% of the net cash proceeds received
from any Transfers of the type referred to in Section 9.17(iv), which are not
Reinvested as described in the following sentence, to first, the Revolving Credit Loans,
provided such prepayment shall not cause a reduction in the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments and second, promptly provide cash collateral. With respect to net cash proceeds
received from a Transfer permitted under Section 9.17(iv), the Borrower is not
required to make a prepayment hereunder if the following conditions are satisfied: (i)
promptly following the Transfer, Borrower provides to Agent a Reinvestment Certificate
executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating (x) that the Transfer has
occurred, (y) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing either as
of the date of the Transfer or as of the date of the Reinvestment Certificate, and (z) a
description of the planned Reinvestment of the proceeds thereof, (ii) the Reinvestment of
such net cash proceeds is commenced within the Initial Reinvestment Period and completed
within the Reinvestment Period, and (iii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time of the Transfer and at the time of the application of such proceeds
to Reinvestment. If any such proceeds have not been Reinvested at the end of the
Reinvestment Period, Borrower shall promptly pay such proceeds to Agent, to be applied in
accordance with this Section 2.08(b)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrower may elect to provide cash collateral in lieu of the prepayment required pursuant to
this clause (iv) to the extent any LIBOR Loans are outstanding until termination of
the applicable Interest Period so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing.”

          o. The following is added as new subsection 6.02(e) to the Credit Agreement:

     “(e) In the event that any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Bank may, at
its option, require that the Borrower enter into arrangements satisfactory to Issuing Bank
to eliminate the Fronting Exposure with respect to participation in the LC Exposure by such
Defaulting Lender, including creation of a cash collateral account or delivery of other
security to assure payment of such Defaulting Lender’s Share Percentage of all outstanding
LC Exposure.”

          p. Section 8.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

     “Section 8.08 Subsidiary Guarantors; Future Collateral.

     (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute and deliver
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reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to carry out the provisions
and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the
foregoing, upon the creation or acquisition of any Subsidiary, the Borrower shall
(a) provide written notice of such event to the Administrative Agent within ten
Business Days following the date the Borrower has knowledge thereof, and (b) cause
each such Subsidiary to execute and deliver a Guaranty Agreement (or written joinder
to existing Guaranty Agreements), other Loan Documents and such other documents
required by this Agreement, each in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, within 30 calendar days following the date the Borrower has
knowledge thereof. If any Subsidiary is created or acquired after the date hereof,
the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) an amendment
to this Agreement to amend Schedule 7.14 (which only needs the signature of the
Administrative Agent to be effective if the only change is the addition of the new
Subsidiary) and (ii) any other documents, instruments, agreements or due diligence
required by the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, any documents,
instruments, or agreements necessary to effectuate a pledge of the equity interests
or assets of the new Subsidiary. This Section 8.08 shall not be construed as
permitting the creation or acquisition of any Subsidiary not otherwise permitted by
Section 9.20.

     (b) (i) With respect to the acquisition of a fee interest in real property by
any Borrower or Guarantor after the date of this Agreement, not later than sixty
(60) days after the acquisition is consummated or the owner of such property becomes
a Subsidiary (or such longer time period as Administrative Agent may determine),
such Borrower or Guarantor shall execute or cause to be executed (unless waived by
Administrative Agent), a mortgage (or an amendment to an existing mortgage, where
appropriate) covering such real property, together with such additional real estate
documentation, environmental reports, title policies, surveys, flood plain
determination, and to the extent applicable, evidence of receipt of notice that the
real property is in a special flood hazard area, evidence of receipt of notice that
flood insurance coverage is not available on the real property, and evidence of
flood insurance to the extent flood insurance is available on the real property, all
as may be reasonably required by Administrative Agent and in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and (ii) with respect to the
acquisition of any leasehold interest in real property by any Borrower or Guarantor
after the date of this Agreement, not later than sixty (60) days after the
acquisition is consummated or the owner of the applicable leasehold interest becomes
a Subsidiary (or such longer time period as Administrative Agent may determine), the
applicable Borrower or Guarantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy of
the applicable lease agreement and shall execute or cause to be executed, at
Administrative Agent’s option, unless otherwise waived by Administrative Agent, (x)
a leasehold mortgage covering the applicable leasehold interest, and a consent and
acknowledgment, together with such additional real estate documentation,
environmental reports, title policies, surveys, flood plain determination, and to
the extent applicable, evidence of receipt of notice that the real property is in a
special flood hazard area, evidence of receipt of notice that flood insurance
coverage is not available on the real property, and evidence of flood insurance to
the extent flood insurance is available on the real property, all as may be
reasonably required by Administrative Agent and in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, or (y) a collateral access Agreement in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent together with such other
documentation as may be reasonably required by Administrative Agent.”

          q. Section 9.03(g) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its

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entirety as follows:

     “(g) Investments made by the Borrower in or to the Guarantors (other than Holdings) or
in the Prior Senior Unsecured Debt; and”

          r. Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

     “9.04 Dividends, Distributions and Redemptions; Etc. The Borrower will not
declare or pay any cash dividend, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value any of
its Equity Interests now or hereafter outstanding (other than a conversion of any preferred
stock into common stock), return any capital to its stockholders or make any distribution of
its assets to its stockholders; provided however, (a) Borrower may make open-market
repurchases of its Equity Interests, and (b) Borrower may make payments to the stockholders
on redemptions of its preferred Equity Interests so long as: (i) there is no Default or
Event of Default existing as of the date of any such payment, and none will arise upon
giving pro forma effect thereto, (ii) upon the date of and the date immediately after any
such payment, (x) the Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 5.00 to 1.00, and (y) the
Senior Secured Funded Debt Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 3.00 to 1.00, and (iii)
upon the date of and the date immediately after any such payment, the Aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitment will exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and
L/C Exposure by not less than $10,000,000.

          s. Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

     “9.12 Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio at any
time (calculated quarterly at the end of each fiscal quarter) to be greater than 5.25 to
1.00.”

          t. Section 9.14 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

     “9.14 Senior Secured Funded Debt Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit
the Senior Secured Funded Debt Leverage Ratio at any time (calculated quarterly at the end
of each fiscal quarter) to be more than the ratio corresponding to the applicable period set
forth below:

	 	 	 
	Fiscal quarter ending:	 	Ratio:
	June 30, 2011 and at all times thereafter

	 	3.25 to 1.00

          u. Section 9.17 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

     “9.17 Sale of Properties. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, sell, assign, convey or otherwise transfer any Property or any interest in
any Property (a “Transfer”), except for (i) any Transfers in the ordinary course of
business, but only to the extent that such Property is Reinvested within the Reinvestment
Period, or (y) the proceeds of such Transfer are applied to the purchase price of such
replacement Property; (ii) intercompany Transfers between and among Borrower and its
Subsidiaries; (iii) other sales of Property (other than Transfers described in clause (iv))
where the aggregate sales price therefor does not exceed $7,500,000 in the aggregate in any
fiscal year; (iv) Transfers of Non Core Assets to the extent the

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aggregate sales price therefor does not exceed $7,500,000 in the aggregate at any time
beginning on the Closing Date. Each Transfer shall be for fair value.”

          v. The following provision is hereby added to the end of Section 12.04 of the Credit Agreement
as follows:

     “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any
right to approve or disapprove of any amendment, consent, waiver or any other modification
to any Loan Document (and all amendments, consents, waivers, and other modifications may be
effected without the consent of the Defaulting Lenders), except that the foregoing shall not
permit, in each case without such Defaulting Lender’s consent, (i) an increase in such
Defaulting Lender’s stated commitment amounts, (ii) the waiver, forgiveness or reduction of
the principal amount of any Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender (unless all other
Lenders affected thereby are treated similarly), (iii) the extension of the final maturity
date(s) of such Defaulting Lenders’ portion of any of the Obligations or the extension of
any commitment to extend credit of such Defaulting Lender, or (iv) any other modification
which requires the consent of all Lenders or the Lender(s) affected thereby which affects
such Defaulting Lender more adversely than the other affected Lenders (other than a
modification which results in a reduction of such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage Share of
any Commitments or repayment of any amounts owing to such Defaulting Lender on a non
pro-rata basis).”

          w. Section 12.05(g) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

     “(g) Substitution of Lenders.

     (i) With respect to any Lender (x) that has demanded compensation under Section
5.01(a), (y) that has become an Defaulting Lender, or (z) that has failed to consent to a
requested amendment, waiver or other modification to any Loan Document as to which the
Required Lenders have already consented (in each case, an “Affected Lender”), then the
Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall have the right to make written demand on the
Affected Lender (with a copy to the Borrower in the case of a demand by the Administrative
Agent or with a copy to the Administrative Agent in the case of a demand by the Borrower) to
sell and assign all of its interests, rights, and rights under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, its Commitments, to an assignee (which may be one or more of the
Lenders)(such assignee shall be referred to herein as the “Purchasing Lender” or “Purchasing
Lenders”) within two (2) Business Days after receiving notice from the Administrative Agent
or Borrower requiring it to do so, for an aggregate price equal to the portion of all
advances made by it, interest and fees accrued for its account through but excluding the
date of such payment, and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the Purchasing
Lender(s) (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the
Borrower (in the case of all other amounts, including without limitation, if demanded by the
Affected Lender, the amount of any compensation that is due to the Affected Lender under
this Agreement to but excluding such date), payable in immediately available funds in cash.
The Affected Lender, as assignor, such Purchasing Lender, as assignee, the Borrower and the
Agent, shall enter into an Assignment Agreement pursuant to Section 12.05 hereof, whereupon
such Purchasing Lender shall be a Lender party to this Agreement, shall be deemed to be an
assignee hereunder and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Lender with a
Percentage Share equal to its ratable share of the then applicable Revolving Credit
Commitment; provided, however, that if the Affected Lender does not execute such Assignment
Agreement within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof, the Agent may execute the
Assignment Agreement as the Affected Lender’s attorney-in-fact with full power and authority
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such Lender or in its own name to execute and deliver the Assignment Agreement while
such Lender is an Affected Lender hereunder (such power of attorney to be deemed coupled
with an interest and irrevocable). In connection with any assignment pursuant to this
Section 12.05(g), the parties to such assignment shall pay to the Administrative Agent the
administrative fee for processing such assignment referred to in Section 12.05(b)(iv).

     (ii) If any Lender is an Affected Lender of the type described in Section 12.05(g)(y)
and (z) (any such Lender, a “Non-Compliant Lender”), the Borrower may, with the prior
written consent of the Agent, and notwithstanding any other provisions requiring pro rata
payments to the Lenders, elect to reduce any Commitments by an amount equal to the
Non-Compliant Lender’s Percentage Share of the Commitment of such Impaired Lender and repay
such Non-Compliant Lender an amount equal the principal amount of all advances owing to it,
all interest and fees accrued for its account through but excluding the date of such
repayment, and all other amounts payable to it hereunder (including without limitation, if
demanded by the Non-Compliant Lender, the amount of any compensation that is due to the
Non-Compliant Lender under this Agreement, but excluding said date), payable (in immediately
available funds) in cash, so long as, after giving effect to the termination of Commitments
and the repayments described in this clause (ii), any Fronting Exposure of such
Non-Compliant Lender shall be reallocated among the Lenders that are not Non-Compliant
Lenders in accordance with their respective Percentage Shares, but only to the extent that
the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all advances of the Revolving Credit Loans made
by each such Lender, plus such Lender’s Percentage Share of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Swing Line Advances and LC Exposure prior to giving effect to such
reallocation plus such Lender’s Percentage of the Fronting Exposure to be reallocated does
not exceed such Lender’s Percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitment, and with respect to
any portion of the Fronting Exposure that may not be reallocated, the Borrower shall deliver
to the Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and/or Swing Line Lender, as applicable,
cash collateral or other security satisfactory to the Agent, with respect any such remaining
Fronting Exposure.”

          x. The following is added as new Section 12.18 under the Credit Agreement:

     “12.18 Treatment of a Defaulting Lender.

     (a) The obligation of any Lender to make any advance hereunder shall not be affected by
the failure of any other Lender to make any advance under this Agreement, and no Lender
shall have any liability to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the Agent, any other
Lender, or any other Person for another Lender’s failure to make any loan or advance
hereunder.

     (b) If any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, then such Defaulting Lender’s right
to vote in respect of any amendment, consent or waiver of the terms of this Agreement or
such other Loan Documents, or to direct or approve any action or inaction by the Agent shall
be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 12.05.

     (c) To the extent and for so long as a Lender remains a Defaulting Lender, the Agent
shall be entitled, without limitation, (i) to withhold or setoff and to apply in
satisfaction of those obligations for payment (and any related interest) in respect of which
the Defaulting Lender shall be delinquent or otherwise in default to Agent or any Lender (or
to hold as cash collateral for such delinquent obligations or any future defaults) the
amounts otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, (ii) if the amount of Advances made by such Defaulting Lender is less than its
Percentage Share requires, apply payments of principal made by the Borrower amongst the
Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata

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basis until all outstanding Advances are held by all Lenders according to their
respective Percentage Shares, and (iii) to bring an action or other proceeding, in law or
equity, against such Defaulting Lender in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the
delinquent amounts, and any related interest. Performance by Borrower of its obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be excused or otherwise modified
as a result of the operation of this Section, except to the extent expressly set forth
herein. Furthermore, the rights and remedies of Borrower, the Agent, the Issuing Bank, the
Swing Line Lender and the other Lenders against a Defaulting Lender under this section shall
be in addition to any other rights and remedies such parties may have against the Defaulting
Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, applicable law or otherwise,
and the Borrower waives no rights or remedies against any Defaulting Lender.

     (d) If any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, then, for so long as such Lender
remains a Defaulting Lender, any Fronting Exposure shall be reallocated by Agent at the
request of the Swing Line Lender and/or the Issuing Bank among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in
accordance with their respective Percentage Shares of the Revolving Credit Loans, but only
to the extent that the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans
made by each Non-Defaulting Lender, plus such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Percentage Share of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans and LC Exposure prior to
giving effect to such reallocation plus such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Percentage Share of the
Fronting Exposure to be reallocated does not exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Percentage
Share of the Revolving Credit Commitment, and only so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing on the date of such reallocation.”

          y. Annex I to the Credit Agreement is hereby replaced by Annex I attached to this Amendment as
Exhibit “A”.

          z. Schedule 7.14 to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with Schedule 7.14
attached hereto.

     3. Waiver. Notwithstanding Section 9.22(a) of the Credit Agreement to the contrary,
the Lenders hereby agree to waive compliance with such Section for purposes of permitting Borrower
to use the net proceeds from the issuance of the New Senior Unsecured Debt to prepay the Prior
Senior Unsecured Debt.

     4. Effectiveness of Certain Amendment Provisions. Nothwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, in the event that the New Senior Unsecured Debt is not issued on or before June
30, 2011, the following new defined terms (under Section 2a.) and Sections in this amendment shall
be deemed null and void and no longer effective: “Initial Reinvestment Period”, “New Senior
Unsecured Debt”, “Prior Senior Unsecured Debt”, “Prior Senior Unsecured Note Indenture”, “Reinvest”
or “Reinvestment”, “Reinvestment Certificate”, “Reinvestment Period”, Section 2c., Section 2g.,
Section 2h., Section 2i., Section 2k., Section 2m., Section 2n., Section 2q., Section 2r., Section
2s., Section 2t., Section 2u., Section 3, and Section 9. In addition, in the event that the New
Senior Unsecured Debt is not issued on or before June 30, 2011, subsection (j) under the definition
of “Proforma Adjusted EBITDA” in Section 2e. of this Amendment shall be amended and restated as
follows: “(j) any fees, costs, expenses, or other charges incurred in connection with the
Fourteenth Amendment to this Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000.”

     5. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents, warrants, and agrees
that:

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          a. This Amendment may be executed in as many counterparts as Agent, the Lenders and the
Borrower deem convenient, and shall become effective upon (i) delivery to Agent and the Lenders of
all executed counterparts hereof; and (ii) delivery to Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, of each of the documents and instruments listed on the Checklist attached as
Exhibit “ B” hereto.

          b. Except as expressly modified in this Amendment, the representations, warranties, and
covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document remain true and
correct, continue to be satisfied in all respects, and are legal, valid and binding obligations
with the same force and effect as if entirely restated in this Amendment.

          c. When executed, the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment will continue to
constitute a duly authorized, legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable in
accordance with its terms.

          d. There is no Default or Event of Default existing under the Credit Agreement, or any other
Loan Document.

          e. The Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws and Resolution and Incumbency
Certificate of the Borrower delivered to Agent in connection with the Credit Agreement on or about
July 5, 2006, have not been repealed, amended or modified since the date of delivery thereof and
that same remain in full force and effect; provided however that the Amended and
Restated Bylaws have been amended and restated by the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the
Borrower dated as of June 18, 2007.

     6. Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

     7. Other Modification. In executing this Amendment, the Borrower is not relying on
any promise or commitment of Agent or the Lenders that is not in writing signed by Agent and the
Lenders.

     8. Acknowledgment and Consent of Guarantors. By signing below, each of the Guarantors
acknowledges and consents to the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment.

     9. Fees. The Borrower shall pay to Agent, for distribution to the Lenders, as
applicable, all fees previously agreed to by Borrower and required by the Lenders including, but
not limited to, all fees as set forth in the Fee Letter from Agent to the Borrower dated as of
March 17, 2011, in the manner and on the dates specified therein.

     10. Expenses. Borrower shall promptly pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs,
charges, expenses, and disbursements of Agent and the Lenders incurred in connection with the
preparation, execution, and delivery of this Amendment, and the other documents contemplated by
this Amendment.

     11. Refinance of Existing Loans; Outstanding Fees and Break-Funding Costs. The
Borrower and Lenders party to the Credit Agreement prior to the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date
(“Existing Lenders”) agree that, on the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, all existing Loans and
any Existing Lender’s participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans under the Credit
Agreement shall be repaid in full and refinanced with new Loans and participations in Letters of
Credit and Swing Line Loans from the Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Percentage Share as
of the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date (the “Refinancing”). In addition, on the Fourteenth
Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to Agent, for pro-rata distribution to the
Existing Lenders, in accordance with

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their respective Percentage Share, (a) all unpaid fees and expenses due and owing under the
Credit Agreement, and (b) all break-funding costs required under Section 5.04 of the Credit
Agreement that result from the Refinancing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit
Agreement, the Borrower and Lenders agree that the initial Interest Period for the Loans disbursed
in connection with the Refinancing will commence on the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date.

     12. New Lenders. By signing below, each of Capital One, N.A., and Fifth Third Bank
represents and warrants that (a) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action
necessary, to execute and deliver this Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (b) from and after the Fourteenth
Amendment Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender
thereunder and shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder, (c) it has received a
copy of the Credit Agreement, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate
to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment on the basis of which it
has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other
Lender, and (d) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the
terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

     13. Departing Lender. By signing below, subject to payment in full of all outstanding
Loans, interest accrued thereon and fees owed to CoBank (the “Departing Lender”) under the Credit
Agreement on the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, the Departing Lender acknowledges that it
will cease to be a Lender under the Credit Agreement and all of its rights thereunder and under the
Loan Documents shall be terminated. In consideration of the Departing Lender’s consent to this
Amendment, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties (as of the
dates made and deemed made) and the indemnities of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement
and the Loan Documents to or for the benefit of the Departing Lender shall, in each case, survive
the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the Borrower, Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender
and the Agent agree that the Departing Lender shall have no obligations under or with respect to
the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

[Signature Page Follows]

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     This Fourteenth Amendment to the Revolving Credit Agreement is executed and delivered on the
Effective Date.

	 	 	 	 	 
	COMERICA BANK, as, Administrative
Agent,
Co-Lead Arranger, Joint Book Runner, Collateral Agent, and a Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Michael R. Schmidt
 	 	 
	 	Michael R. Schmidt 	 	 
	 	Its:               Vice President 	 	 
	 
	COMPASS BANK, as Co- Lead Arranger,
Joint Book Runner, Documentation Agent,
and a Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Jason Consoli
 	 	 
	 	Jason Consoli 	 	 
	 	Its:             Senior Vice President 	 	 
	 
	REGIONS BANK, as Syndication Agent,
and a Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ H. Gale Smith, Jr.
 	 	 
	 	H. Gale Smith, Jr. 	 	 
	 	Its: Senior Vice President 	 	 
	 
	BANK OF TEXAS, N.A.,
as a Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Jeremy Jackson
 	 	 
	 	Jeremy Jackson 	 	 
	 	Its: Vice President 	 	 
	 
	BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
as a Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Mark B. Grover
 	 	 
	 	Mark B. Grover 	 	 
	 	Its:                   Senior Vice President 	 	 

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	UNION BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Yuichiro Izumi
 	 	 
	 	Yuichiro Izumi 	 	 
	 	Its:             Assistant Vice President 	 	 
	 
	CAPITAL ONE, N.A.,
as a Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Donald Backer
 	 	 
	 	Donald Backer 	 	 
	 	Its:           Senior Vice President 	 	 
	 
	FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as a Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Jackson Young
 	 	 
	 	Jackson Young 	 	 
	 	Its:             Vice President 	 	 
	 
	WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Stephen J. Corcoran
 	 	 
	 	Stephen J. Corcoran 	 	 
	 	Its:                    Senior Vice President 	 	 
	 
	CoBANK, ACB,
as a Departing Lender

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Bryan Ervin
 	 	 
	 	Bryan Ervin 	 	 
	 	Its:             Vice President 	 	 

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[Borrower and Guarantor Signature Pages]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WCA WASTE CORPORATION, as Borrower

WCA HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as a Guarantor

WCA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., as a Guarantor

WCA OF ALABAMA, L.L.C., as a Guarantor

WCA SHILOH LANDFILL, L.L.C., as a Guarantor

WASTE CORPORATION OF KANSAS, INC., as a Guarantor

WASTE CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE, INC., as a Guarantor

WCA OF FLORIDA, INC., as a Guarantor

WCA OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC., as a Guarantor

TRANSIT WASTE, LLC, as a Guarantor

WASTE CORPORATION OF MISSOURI, INC., as a Guarantor

EAGLE RIDGE LANDFILL, LLC, as a Guarantor

WCA TEXAS MANAGEMENT GENERAL, INC., as a Guarantor

WASTE CORPORATION OF TEXAS, L.P., as a Guarantor

TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE SERVICES, LLC, as a Guarantor

WCA MANAGEMENT LIMITED, INC., as a Guarantor

WCA MANAGEMENT GENERAL, INC., as a Guarantor

WCA MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LP, as a Guarantor

WCA OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC, as a Guarantor

MATERIAL RECOVERY, LLC, as a Guarantor

WCA WAKE TRANSFER STATION, LLC, as a Guarantor

WCA OF HIGH POINT, LLC, as a Guarantor

MATERIAL RECLAMATION, LLC, as a Guarantor

BURNT POPLAR TRANSFER, L.L.C., as a Guarantor

WCA CAPITAL, INC., as a Guarantor

WASTE CORPORATION OF ARKANSAS, LLC, as a Guarantor

TRANSLIFT, LLC, as a Guarantor

WCA OF ST. LUCIE, LLC, as a Guarantor

WCA OF OKLAHOMA, LLC, as a Guarantor

AMERICAN WASTE, LLC, as a Guarantor

N.E. LANDFILL, LLC, as a Guarantor

PAULS VALLEY LANDFILL, LLC, as a Guarantor

SOONER WASTE, L.L.C., as a Guarantor

RUFFINO HILLS TRANSFER STATION, LP, as a Guarantor

FORT BEND REGIONAL LANDFILL, LP, as a Guarantor

WCA OF MASSACHUSETTS, LLC, as a Guarantor

WCA OF OHIO, LLC, as a Guarantor

CHAMPION CITY RECOVERY, LLC, as a Guarantor

BOXER REALTY REDEVELOPMENT, LLC, as a Guarantor

SUNNY FARMS LANDFILL, LLC, as a Guarantor

 	 

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[Continuation of Signature Page Borrower and Guarantors]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NEW AMSTERDAM & SENECA RAILROAD COMPANY, LLC, as a Guarantor

EMERALD WASTE SERVICES, LLC, as a Guarantor

WRH GAINESVILLE HOLDINGS, LLC, as a Guarantor

WRH GAINESVILLE, LLC, as a Guarantor

WRH ORANGE CITY, LLC, as a Guarantor

EWS CENTRAL FLORIDA HAULING, LLC, as a Guarantor

WCA OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC, as a Guarantor

WCA OF CHICKASHA, INC., as a Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Joseph J. Scarano, Jr.
 	 
	 	 	Joseph J. Scarano, Jr. 	 
	 	 	Its:                 Vice President 	 

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SCHEDULE 7.14

SUBSIDIARIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Tax Identification
	Subsidiary	 	Chief Executive Office	 	Principal Location	 	Number
	WCA Holdings Corporation

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	76-0660482
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA Waste Systems, Inc.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	76-0656675
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Waste Corporation of
Arkansas, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	Rolling Meadows Landfill

RT. 1 Box 160X Hamric Rd.

Hazen, Arkansas 72064
	 	76-0657709
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Waste Corporation of
Kansas, Inc. (formerly Oak
Grove Landfill, Inc.)

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	1150 East 700 Avenue

Arcadia, Kansas 66711
	 	48-1186595
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Waste Corporation of
Missouri, Inc.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	2120 W. Bennett Street

Springfield, Missouri
65807
	 	76-0657707
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Waste Corporation of Texas,
L.P.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	90-0131947
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA Capital, Inc.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	76-0700077
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of Alabama, L.L.C.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	13737 Plant Road

Alpine, Alabama 35014
	 	76-0660477
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Waste Corporation of
Tennessee, Inc.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	1550 Lamons Quarry Road

Knoxville, Tennessee
37932
	 	76-0638022
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA Texas Management
General, Inc.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	41-2053150
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA Management Limited, Inc.

	 	13737 Plant Road

Alpine, Alabama 35014
	 	13737 Plant Road

Alpine, Alabama 35014
	 	76-0700074
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA Management Company, L.P.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	76-0700073
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA Management General, Inc.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	76-0700075
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA Shiloh Landfill, L.L.C.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	223 Rock Quarry Road

Traveler’s Rest, SC 29690
	 	76-0616242
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Translift, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	71-0713147
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Texas Environmental Waste
Services LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	20-2413292
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Eagle Ridge Landfill, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	13100 Hwy V

Bowling Green, Missouri
63334
	 	34-1936216
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Transit Waste, L.L.C.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	203 Idaho Street,

Bloomfield, New Mexico
84713
	 	84-1346896
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of North Carolina,
L.L.C.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	421 Raleigh View Road

Raleigh, North Carolina
27610
	 	20-2584498

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	 	 	 	 	 	 	Tax Identification
	Subsidiary	 	Chief Executive Office	 	Principal Location	 	Number
	WCA Wake Transfer Station,
LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	9220 Durant Road

Raleigh, North Carolina
27616
	 	13-4244660
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of High Point, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	5830 Riverdale Drive

Jamestown, North
Carolina 27282
	 	56-2253463
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Material Reclamation, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	421 Raleigh View Road

Raleigh, North Carolina
27610
	 	56-2216174
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Material Recovery, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	2600 Brownfield Road

Raleigh, North Carolina
27610
	 	56-2216193
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of Florida, Inc.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	8001 Fruitville Road

Sarasota, Florida 34240
	 	20-5449795
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of Central Florida, Inc.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	3400 U.S. Highway 17
North

Ft. Meade, Florida 33841
	 	20-3753650
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Transit Waste, L.L.C.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	203 Idaho Street

Bloomfield, New Mexico
87413
	 	84-1346896
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of St. Lucie, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	9901 Rangeline Road

Port St. Lucie, Florida
34945
	 	20-5936877
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of Oklahoma, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	20-5936831
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	American Waste, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	1001 South Rockwell Ave.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
77056
	 	73-1365585
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pauls Valley Landfill, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	1001 South Rockwell Ave.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
77056
	 	76-0811004
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	N. E. Land Fill, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	1001 South Rockwell Ave.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
77056
	 	73-1491332
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Sooner Waste, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	1001 South Rockwell Ave.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
77056
	 	01-0646893
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Ruffino Hills Transfer
Station, LP

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	9720 Ruffino Road

Houston, Texas 77031
	 	56-2454554
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Fort Bend Regional
Landfill, LP

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	14115 Davis Estates Road

Needville, Texas 77461
	 	56-2454559
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	27-2882998
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of Massachusetts, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	27-1359321
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of Ohio, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	27-1359422
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Champion City Recovery, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	138 Wilder Street

Brockton, Massachusetts
02301
	 	04-3547737
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Boxer Realty Redevelopment,
LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	138 Wilder Street

Brockton, Massachusetts
02301
	 	04-3572405
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Sunny Farms Landfill, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	12500 West County Road 18

Fostoria, Ohio 44830
	 	75-3091833

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	 	 	 	 	 	 	Tax Identification
	Subsidiary	 	Chief Executive Office	 	Principal Location	 	Number
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	New Amsterdam & Seneca
Railroad Company, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	12500 West County Road 18

Fostoria, Ohio 44830
	 	20-4187336
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Emerald Waste Services, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	261 Hwy 20 East, Suite A

Freeport, Florida 32439
	 	74-3157066
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WRH Gainesville Holdings,
LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	5002 SW 41st
Boulevard
Gainesville,
Florida 32609
	 	26-2929473
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WRH Gainesville, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	5002 SW 41st
Boulevard
Gainesville,
Florida 32609
	 	26-2930160
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WRH Orange City, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	1378 South Volusia

Avenue, Orange City,

Florida 32763
	 	26-2929639
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EWS Central Florida
Hauling, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	261 Hwy 20 East, Suite A

Freeport, Florida 32439
	 	26-2929338
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of Mississippi, LLC

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400,
 Houston, TX 77056
	 	27-4253185
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WCA of Chickasha, Inc.

	 	One Riverway, Suite
1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	One Riverway, Suite 1400

Houston, Texas 77056
	 	73-1497573

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EXHIBIT “A”

ANNEX I

LIST OF PERCENTAGE SHARES AND REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Percentage Share of Revolving	 
	Name of Lender	 	Revolving Credit Commitments	 	 	Credit Commitments	 
	Comerica Bank
	 	$	40,000,000	 	 	 	20.0	%
	Compass Bank
	 	$	40,000,000	 	 	 	20.0	%
	Regions Bank
	 	$	30,000,000	 	 	 	15.0	%
	Bank of Texas, N.A.
	 	$	20,000,000	 	 	 	10.0	%
	Branch Banking and Trust Company
	 	$	20,000,000	 	 	 	10.0	%
	Union Bank, N.A.
	 	$	15,000,000	 	 	 	7.50	%
	Capital One, N.A.
	 	$	12,500,000	 	 	 	6.25	%
	Fifth Third Bank
	 	$	12,500,000	 	 	 	6.25	%
	Webster Bank, National Association
	 	$	10,000,000	 	 	 	5.0	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	TOTAL
	 	$	200,000,000.00	 	 	 	100.00	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT
“B”

CHECKLIST

	1.	 	Fourteenth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
	 
	2.	 	$40,000,000 Revolving Credit Note — Comerica Bank
	 
	3.	 	$40,000,000 Revolving Credit Note — Compass Bank
	 
	4.	 	$30,000,000 Revolving Credit Note — Regions Bank
	 
	5.	 	$20,000,000 Revolving Credit Note — Bank of Texas, N.A.
	 
	6.	 	$20,000,000 Revolving Credit Note — Branch and Banking Trust Company
	 
	7.	 	$15,000,000 Revolving Credit Note — Union Bank, N.A.
	 
	8.	 	$12,500,000 Revolving Credit Note — Capital One, N.A.
	 
	9.	 	$12,500,000 Revolving Credit Note — Fifth Third Bank
	 
	10.	 	$10,000,000 Revolving Credit Note — Webster Bank, National Association
	 
	11.	 	Secretary Certificate — WCA of Chickasha, Inc. (“WCA of Chickasha”)

	 	(a)	 	Certified Articles of Incorporation (Oklahoma)
	 
	 	(b)	 	Bylaws
	 
	 	(c)	 	Good Standing Certificate (Oklahoma)
	 
	 	(d)	 	Resolutions (Authority to Support)
	 
	 	(e)	 	Incumbency

	12.	 	Guaranty Joinder Agreement — WCA of Chickasha
	 
	13.	 	Security Agreement Joinder Agreement — WCA of Chickasha
	 
	14.	 	Amendment to Security Agreement (to add American Waste, LLC’s ownership interests in WCA of
Chickasha)
	 
	15.	 	Stock Assignment (American Waste, LLC)

	 	(a)	 	Original Stock Certificate (WCA of Chickasha)

	16.	 	UCC-1 Financing Statement — WCA of Chickasha (Oklahoma)
	 
	17.	 	UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendments

	 	(a)	 	Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC (to change name from Waste Corporation of Arkansas,
Inc. to Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC)
	 
	 	(b)	 	American Waste, LLC (Oklahoma) (to add ownership interests in WCA of Chickasha)

	18.	 	Acord Certificate of Insurance, naming Comerica Bank (as agent) as lender loss payee and
additional insured with respect to WCA of Chickasha, Inc.
	 
	19.	 	UCC Lien Search Results

	 	(a)	 	WCA of Chickasha (Oklahoma)

	20.	 	Payment of Agent’s and Lender’s Fees and Expenses
	 
	21.	 	Payment of Agent’s Legal Fees to Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C

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