Document:

Q1 2005 Exhibit 10.12

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of
January 1, 2001 or such earlier date as the parties agree (the "Effective
Date"), by and between Eric Hansen (the "Employee") and Waste Connections,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with reference to the following
facts.

Thc Company desires to engage the services and employment of
the Employee, and the Employee is willing to accept employment by the Company,
on the terms and conditions set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants and conditions herein, the Company and the Employee agree as
follows:

1.Employment. The Company agrees to employ
the Employee, and the Employee agrees to accept employment with the Company, on
the terms and conditions stated herein.

2.Position and Responsibilities. During the
Term. the Employee shall serve as the Vice President of Information Systems of
the Company, reporting directly to the Company's Chief Accounting Officer. The
Employee shall be based in the Company's corporate headquarters in California
and shall be responsible for oversight of all information systems relating to
the Company's operations and properties. The employee shall perform such other
duties and responsibilities as the President or the Board of Directors (the
"Board") of the Company may reasonably assign to the Employee from time to time.
The Employee shall devote such time and attention to his duties as are necessary
to the proper discharge of his responsibilities hereunder. The Employee agrees
to perform all duties consistent with (a) policies established from time to time
by the Company and(b) all applicable legal requirements.

3.Term.  The period of the Employee's
employment under this Agreement (the "Term") shall commence on the Effective
Date and continue until the third anniversary of the Effective Date, unless
terminated earlier as provided herein or extended by the Board. At the end of
the initial Term, this Agreement shall be renewed automatically for successive
Terms of one year, unless either party shall have given the other notice of
termination hereof as provided herein.

4.Compensation Benefits and Reimbursement of
Expenses.

a. Compensation. The Company shall compensate
the Employee during the Term of this Agreement as follows: 

(1) Base Salary. The Employee
shall be paid a base salary ("Base Salary") of not less than ninety thousand
dollars ($90,000) per year in installments consistent with the Company's usual
practices. The Board shall review the Employee's Base Salary on each anniversary
of the Effective Date or more frequently at the times prescribed in salary
administration practices applied generally to management employees of the
Company.

(2)Performance Bonus. The Employee
shall be entitled to an annual cash bonus (the "Bonus") based on the Company's
attainment of reasonable financial objectives to be determined annually by the
Board. The maximum annual Bonus will equal twenty-five percent (25%) of the
applicable year's ending Base Salary and will be payable if the Board
determines, in its sole and exclusive discretion, that that year's financial
objectives have been fully met. The Bonus shall be paid in accordance with the
Company's bonus plan, as approved by the Board; provided that in no case shall
any portion of the Bonus with respect to any fiscal year be paid more than
seventy-five (75) days after the end of such fiscal year. For the Employee's
bonus to be paid in 2001, for the fiscal 2000 year, the Company will agree to
forgive the Employee's outstanding loan owed to the Company, in addition to any
bonus earned during fiscal 2000.

(3)Grant of Options or Restricted
Stock. On the Effective Date, the Company sha11 grant to the Employee,
for no additional consideration, either of the following awards, to be chosen by
the Company in its sole discretion, either:

(a.) Nonqualified stock options (the "Options") to
purchase an amount of the Company's Common Stock under the Company's Amended and
Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan, such that the exercise price subtracted from
the market price of the stock, multiplied by the number of shares issued equals
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) on the grant date.  For example, if on
January 1, 2001, the Company's Common Stock closes at $26.00 per share; then the
Company could issue four thousand (4,000) stock options at $1.00 exercise price
to yield ($26.00 - $1.00 = $25.00/share multiplied by 4,000 options = $100,000
of "in the money" value).  All stock options granted shall vest and
become exercisable with respect to 25% of the shares granted on the first,
second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the grant date.  The option shall
have a term of 10 years from the date of such grant.

Or,

(b.)A grant of four thousand (4,000) restricted
shares of the Company's Common Stock.  These shares will be issued to the
Employee in his name effective on the grant date, and the ownership of these
shares shall vest 25%on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the
grant date to the Employee.

The terms of the Options shall be described in more detail in
a Stock Option Agreement to be entered into between the Employee and the
Company. If at any time while any of the Options are still outstanding the
Company amends its Stock Option Plan to provide for a less favorable vesting
schedule for stock options than that provided herein, any Options then
outstanding shall thereupon be converted to warrants entitling the Employee to
purchase the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Employee's then
outstanding Options may be exercised, on the same terms as provided under such
Options.

(b) Other Benefits. During the Term, the
Company shall provide the
Employee with a cellular telephone and will pay or reimburse
the Employee's monthly service fee and costs of calls attributable to Company
business. During the Term, the Employee shall be entitled to receive all other
benefits of employment generally available to other management employees of the
Company and those benefits for which management employees are or shall become
eligible, including, without limitation and to the extent made available by the
Company, Medical, dental, disability, and prescription coverage, life insurance
and tax-qualified retirement benefits. If the Employee is not eligible for
coverage under the Company's health insurance policy at the commencement of the
Term, the Company shall reimburse the Employee for the expenses of health
insurance coverage under COBRA from the commencement of the Term until the
Employee becomes eligible for the health insurance benefits offered by the
Company. The Employee shall be entitled to three (3) weeks of paid vacation
during each of the first three twelve-month periods of his employment, and four
(4) weeks per twelve-month period beginning with the fourth twelve-month period
of employment under this agreement.

(c) Reimbursement of Other Expenses. The
Company agrees to pay or reimburse the Employee for a11 reasonable travel and
other expenses incurred by the Employee in connection with the performance of
his duties under this Agreement on presentation of proper expense statements or
vouchers. All such supporting information shall comply with all applicable
Company policies relating to reimbursement for travel and other expenses.

(d)  Withholding.  All compensation payable
to the Employee hereunder is subject to all withholding requirements under
applicable law. 

5.Confidentiality.  During the Term of
his employment, the Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Company, divulge to any third party or use for his own benefit or the benefit of
any third party or for any purpose other than the exclusive benefit of the
Company, any confidential or proprietary business or technical information
revealed, obtained or developed in the course of his employment with the Company
and which is otherwise the property of the Company or any of its affiliated
corporations, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, customer lists,
formulae and processes of manufacture; provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall restrict the Employee's ability to make such disclosures during
the course of his employment as may be necessary or appropriate to the effective
and efficient discharge of his duties to the Company.

6.Property. Both during the Term of his
employment and thereafter, the Employee shall not remove from the Company's
offices or premises any Company documents, records, notebooks, files,
correspondence, reports, memoranda and similar materials or property of any kind
unless necessary in accordance with the duties and responsibilities of his
employment. In the event that any such material or property is removed, it shall
be returned to its proper file or place of safekeeping as promptly as possible.
The Employee shall not make, retain, remove or distribute any copies, or divulge
to any third person the nature or contents of any of the foregoing or of any
other oral or written information to which he may have access, except as
disclosure shall be necessary in the performance of his assigned duties. On the
termination of his employment with the Company, the Employee sha11 leave with or
return to the Company all originals and copies of the foregoing then in his
possession or subject to his control, whether prepared by the Employee or by
others.

7.Termination.

(a)  Termination by the Company for Cause or by the
Employee.
The employment of the Employee may be terminated for cause at any
time by the "Board" on written Notice of Termination (as defined in Section
8(a)) delivered to the Employee describing with specificity the grounds for
termination. The employment of the Employee may also be terminated at any time
by the Employee on written Notice of Termination delivered to the Company.
Immediately on termination pursuant to this Section 7(a), the Company shall pay
to the Employee in a lump sum his then current Base Salary under Section
4(a)(1)on a prorated basis to the Date of Termination (as defined in Section
8(b)). On termination pursuant to this Section 7(a), the Employee shall forfeit
(i) his Bonus under Section 4(a)(2) for the year in which such termination
occurs, and (ii)all outstanding but unvested Options and other options and
rights relating to capital stock of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement,
Cause shall mean:

(1)a material breach of any of the terms of this Agreement that is
not immed1ately corrected following written notice of default specifying such
breach;

(2)a breach of any of the provisions of Section 10;

(3)repeated intoxication with alcohol or drugs while on Company
premises during its regular business hours to such a degree that, in the
reasonable judgment of the other managers of the Company, the Employee is
abusive or incapable of performing his duties and respons1b1l1tles under this
Agreement;

(4)conviction of a felony; or

(5)misappropriation of property belonging to the Company and/or any
of its affiliates. 

(b)Termination Without Cause. The
employment of the Employee may be terminated without Cause at any time by the
Board on delivery to the Employee of a written Notice of Termination (as defined
in Section 8(a)). On the Date of Termination(as defined in Section 8(b))
pursuant to this Section 7(b), the Company shall pay to the Employee in a lump
sum an amount equal to (i) the Base Salary payable under Section 4(a)(1)at the
rate in effect on the Date of Termination a period of one year provided the
Employee agrees to a full time transition period to assist the Company of up to
one hundred and twenty (120) days as directed by the Company. At the end of this
transition period, the Company shall pay the Employee the one year's lump sum
payment. In addition, on termination of the Employee under this Section 7(b),all
of the Employee's outstanding but unvested Options and other options and rights
relating to capital stock of the Company shal1 immediately vest and become
exercisable. The term of any such options and rights shall be extended to the
third anniversary of the Employee's termination. The Employee acknowledges that
extending the term of any option pursuant to this Section 7(b), or Section 7(c)
or 7(d), could cause such option to lose its tax-qualified status if it is an
incentive stock option under the Code and agrees that the Company shall have no
obligation to compensate the Employee for any additional taxes he incurs as a
result.

(c)Termination on Disability. If during
the Term the Employee should fail to perform his duties hereunder on account of
physical or mental illness or other incapacity which the Board shall in good
faith determine renders the Employee incapable of performing his duties
hereunder, and such illness or other incapacity shall continue for a period of
more than six (6) consecutive months ("Disability"), the Company shall have the
right, on Written Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 8(8)) delivered
to the Employee to terminate the Employee's employment under this Agreement.
During the period that the Employee shall have been incapacitated due to
physical or mental illness, the Employee shall continue to receive the full Base
Salary provided for in Section 4(a)(1) hereof at the rate then in effect until
the Date of Termination (as defined in Section 8(b)) pursuant to this Section
7(c). On the Date of Termination pursuant to this Section 7(c), all of the
Employee's outstanding but unvested Options and other options and rights
relating to capital stock of the Company shall immediately vest and become
exercisable. The term of any such options and rights shall be extended to the
third anniversary of the Employee's termination.

(d)Termination on Death. If the
Employee shall die during the Term, the employment of the Employee shall
thereupon terminate. On the Date of Termination (as defined in Section
8(b))pursuant to this Section 7(d), all of the Employee's outstanding but
unvested Options and other options and rights relating to capital stock of the
Company shall immediately vest and become exercisable.  The term of any such
options and rights shall be extended to the third anniversary of the Employee's
termination.  The provisions of the Section 7(d) shall not affect the
entitlements of the Employee's heirs, executors, administrators, legatees,
beneficiaries or assigns under any employee benefit plan, fund or program of the
Company.

8.Provisions Applicable to Termination of
Employment.

(a)Notice of Termination. Any purported
termination of Employee's employment by thc Company or by the employee pursuant
to Section 7 shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the Employee or
the Company, as the case may be, as provided herein ("Notice of
Termination").

(b)Date of Termination. For all
purposes, "Date of Termination" shall mean the date on which a Notice of
Termination is given.

(c)Benefits on Termination. On
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7, all profit-sharing,
deferred compensation and other retirement benefits payable to the Employee
under benefit plans in which the Employee then participated shall be paid to the
Employee in accordance with the provisions of the respective plans.  Except as
otherwise provided in Sections 7(b), 7(c), 7(d), and 9, if the Employee's
employment by the Company is terminated before all of the Employee's options,
warrants and rights with respect to the Company's capital stock have vested, the
Employee shall forfeit any such options, warrants and rights that are unvested
as of the termination date.

9.Change In Control.

(a)Payments on Change in
Control. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the
contrary, unless the Employee elects in writing to waive this provision, a
Change in Control (as defined below) of the Company shall be deemed a
termination of the Employee without Cause. and the Employee shal1 be entitled to
receive and the Company agrees to pay to the Employee in a lump sum the same
amount determined under Section 7(b) that is payable to the Employee on
termination without Cause, and the Employee shall have the right to forfeit all
or part of such amount in exchange for payment by the Company of certain
relocation costs, as described in Section 7(b). In addition, on a Change of
Control, all of the Employee's outstanding but unvested Options and other
options and rights relating to capital stock of the Company shall immediately
vest and become exercisable, and the term of any such options and rights shall
be extended to the third anniversary of the Employee's termination.

After a Change in Control, if any previously outstanding
Option or other option or right (the "Termination Option") relating to the
Company's capital stock does not remain outstanding, the successor to the
Company or its then Parent (as defined below) shall either:

(i) Issue an option, warrant or right, as appropriate
(the "Successor Option"), to purchase common stock of such successor or Parent
in an amount such that on exercise of the Successor Option the Employee would
receive the same number of shares of the successor's/Parent's common stock as
the Employee would have received had the Employee exercised the Terminated
Option immediately prior to the transaction resulting in the Change in Control
and received shares of such successor/Parent in such transaction. The aggregate
exercise price for all of the shares covered by such Successor Option shall
equal the aggregate exercise price of the Terminated Option; or

(ii) Pay the Employee a bonus within ten (10) days after
the consummation of the Change in Control in an amount agreed to by the Employee
and the Company. Such amount shall be at least equivalent on an after-tax basis
to the net after-tax gain that the Employee would have realized if he had been
issued a Successor Option under clause (i)above and had immediately exercised
such Successor Option and sold the underlying stock, taking into account the
different tax rates that apply to such bonus and to such gain, and such amount
shall also reflect other differences to the Employee between receiving a bonus
under this clause (ii) and receiving a Successor Option under clause (i)
above.

(b) Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement. a
Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) there shall be
consummated (aa) any reorganization, liquidation or consolidation of the
Company, or any merger or other business combination of the Company with any
other corporation, other than any such merger or other combination that would
result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent
(50%)of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the
Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such transaction,
(bb)any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series
of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the
Company, or if (ii) any "person" (as defined in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), shall become
the "beneficial owner"(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%)or more of the Company's
outstanding voting securities (except that for purposes of this Section 10(b),
"person" shall not include any person or any person that controls, is controlled
by or is under common control with such person, who as of the date of this
Agreement owns ten percent(10%) or more of the total voting power represented by
the outstanding voting securities of the Company, or a trustee or other
fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company, or
a corporation that is owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the
Company in substantially the same percentage as their ownership of the Company)
or if (iii)during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constituted the entire Board shall cease for any reason
to constitute at least one-half of the membership thereof unless the election,
or the nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, of each new
director was approved by a vote of at least one-half of the directors then still
in office who were directors at the beginning of the period.

The term "Parent" means a corporation, partnership.
trust. limited liability company or other entity that is the ultimate
"beneficial owner" (as defined above) of fifty percent(50%)or more of the
Company's outstanding voting securities.

10.Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation.

(a)In consideration of the provisions hereof,
for the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the later of the
first anniversary of the termination of this Agreement, or one year after
receipt by the Employee of all compensation owed under this Agreement, the
Employee will not, except as specifically provided below, anywhere in any county
in any state in which the Company is engaged in business as of such termination
date, directly or indirectly, acting individually or as the owner, shareholder,
partner or management employee in any entity,{i)engage in the operation of a
solid waste collection, transporting or disposal business, transfer facility.
recycling facility. materials recovery facility or solid waste landfill;(ii)
enter the employ as a manager of, or tender any personal services to or for the
benefit of, or assist in or facilitate the solicitation of customers for, or
receive remuneration in the form of management salary, commissions or otherwise
from, any business engaged in such activities in such counties; or (iii)receive
or purchase a financial interest in, make a loan to, or make a gift in support
of, any such business in any capacity, including without limitation, as a sole
proprietor, partner, shareholder, officer, director, principal agent or trustee;
provided, however, that the Employee may own, directly or indirectly, solely as
an investment, securities of any business traded on any national securities
exchange or quoted on any NASDAQ market, provided the Employee is not a
controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls; such business and
further provided that the Employee does not, in the aggregate, directly or
indirectly, own two percent(2%)or more of any class of securities of such
business.

(b)After termination of this Agreement, the Employee
shall not (i) solicit any residential or commercial customer of the Company to
whom the Company provides service pursuant to a franchise agreement with a
public entity in any county in any state in which the Company is engaged in
business as of such termination date, (ii) solicit any residential or commercial
customer of the Company to enter into a solid waste ool1ection account
relationship with a competitor of the Company in any such county,(iii) solicit
any such public entity to enter into a franchise agreement with any such
competitor. (iv) solicit any officer, employee or contractor of the Company to
enter into an employment or contractor agreement with a competitor of the
Company or otherwise interfere in any such relationship, or (v) solicit on
behalf of a competitor of the Company any prospective customer of the Company
that the Employee called on or was involved in soliciting on behalf of the
Company during the Term) in each case until the second anniversary of the date
of such termination, unless otherwise permitted to do so by Section l0(a);
provided that if the Employee is terminated by the Company without Cause by the
Company pursuant to Section 7(b), the restrictions in this Section 10(b)shall
apply only for as many months after such termination as are used to calculate
the amount actually paid under Section 7(b){iii) to the Employee on such
termination.  For example, if the Employee waives his right to be paid any
amount under Section 7(b)(iii) {relating to the Total Compensation paid to him
during the previous twelve months, the restrictions in this Section l0(b) shall
not apply at a1l; if the Employee elects to receive under Section 7(b)(iii)an
amount equal to only eight months' Total Compensation. the restrictions shall
apply for only eight months.

(c)If the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Section 10 is invalid
'or unenforceable, the parties agree that the court making the determination of
invalidity or unenforceability shall have the power to reduce the scope,
duration or area of the term or provision, to delete specified words or phrases
or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or
provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the
intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement
shall be enforceable as so modified after the expiration of the time within
which the judgment may be appealed.

11.Indemnification. As an employee and
agent of the Company: the Emp1oyee shall be fully "indemnified by the Company to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in connection with his employment
hereunder.

12.Survival of Provisions. The
obligations of the Company under Section 11 of this Agreement, and of the
Employee under Sections 5,6 and 10 of this Agreement, shall survive both the
termination of the Employee's employment and this Agreement.

13.No Duty to Mitigate; No Offset. The
Employee shall not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment
contemplated by this Agreement, nor shall any such payment be reduced by any
earnings that thc Employee may receive from any other sources or offset against
any other payments made to him or required to be made to him pursuant to this
Agreement.

14.Assignment; Binding Agreement. The
Company may assign this Agreement to any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or
successor of the Company. This Agreement is not assignable by the Employee and
is binding on him and his executors and other legal representatives. This
Agreement sha11 bind the Company and its successors and assigns and inure to the
benefit of the Employee and his heirs, executors, administrators, personal
representatives, legatees or devisees. The Company sha11 assign this Agreement
to any entity that acquires its assets or business.

15.Notice. Any written notice under
this Agreement shall be personally delivered to the other party or sent by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, to
such party at the address set forth in the records of the Company or to such
other address as either party may from time to time specify by written
notice.

16.Entire Agreement; Amendments. This
Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the
Employee's employment and supercedes all oral or written prior discussions,
agreements and understandings of every nature between them. This Agreement may
not be changed except by an agreement in writing signed by the Company and the
Employee.

17.Waiver. The waiver of a breach of
any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or as be construed to be a
waiver of any other provision or subsequent breach of this Agreement.

18.Governing Law and Jurisdictional
Agreement.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

19.Severability.  In case anyone or
more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is, for any reason held
invalid in any respect, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of any
other provision of this Agreement, and such provision shall be deemed modified
to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.

20.Enforcement.  It is agreed that it
is impossible to measure fully, in money, the damage which will accrue to the
Company in the event of a breach or threatened breach of Sections 5, 6, or 10 of
this Agreement, and, in any action or proceeding to enforce the provisions of
Sections 5, 6, or 10 hereof, the Employee waives the claim or defense that the
Company has an adequate remedy at law and will not assert the claim or defense
that such a remedy at law exists. The Company is entitled to injunctive re1ief
to enforce the provisions of such sections as well as any and all other remedies
available to it at law or in equity without the posting of any bond. The
Employee agrees that if the Employee broaches any provision of Section 10, the
Company may recover as partial damages all profits realized by the Employee at
any time prior to such recovery on the exercise of any warrant, option or right
to purchase the Company's Common Stock and the subsequent sale of such stock,
and may also cancel all outstanding such warrants, options and rights.

21.Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and both of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

22.Due Authorization. The execution of
this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company by all necessary
corporate action.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and
delivered this Employment Agreement as of the day and year set forth above.

WASTE CONNECTIONS,INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 

 

By:  _______________________________

Printed Name: Ronald J. Mittelstaedt

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

EMPLOYEE:

 

 

____________________________________

ERIC HANSENQ1 2005 Exhibit 10.26

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
("Agreement") is made and effective as of March 1, 2004, by and
between Ronald J. Mittelstaedt (the "Employee") and Waste Connections,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and amends and restates
in its entirety that certain Employment Agreement dated as of October 1, 1997,
by and among the Employee, the Company, J. Bradford Bishop, Frank W. Cutler and
James N. Cutler, Jr., as amended as of June 1, 2000 by and between the Employee
and the Company.

The Company desires to engage the services and employment of
the Employee for the period provided in this Agreement, and the Employee is
willing to accept employment by the Company for such period, on the terms and
conditions set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants and conditions herein, the Company and the Employee agree as
follows:

	Employment.  The Company agrees to employ the
Employee, and the Employee agrees to accept employment with the Company, for the
Term stated in Section 3 hereof and on the other terms and conditions
herein.

	Position and Responsibilities.  During the Term,
the Employee shall serve as Chief Executive Officer and President of the
Company, and shall perform such other duties and responsibilities as the Board
of Directors (the "Board") of the Company may reasonably assign to the
Employee from time to time.  In addition, the Company shall nominate the
Employee to serve as a member of the Board at all times during the Term, subject
to election by the Company's stockholders.   During any period in which the
Employee is a member of the Board, he shall serve on the Executive and Finance
Committees of the Board.  The Employee shall devote such time and attention to
his duties as are necessary to the proper discharge of his responsibilities
hereunder.  The Employee agrees to perform all duties consistent with (a)
policies established from time to time by the Company and (b) all applicable
legal requirements.

	Term.  The period of the Employee's employment
commenced on October 1, 1997 and shall continue through February 28, 2007,
unless terminated earlier as provided herein or extended by the vote of a
majority of the Board (the "Term").  On each anniversary of the date
of this Agreement, commencing March 1, 2005, this Agreement shall be extended
automatically an additional year, thus extending the Term of this Agreement to
three years from such date, unless either party shall have given the other
notice of termination hereof as provided herein.  

	Compensation, Benefits and Reimbursement of
Expenses. The Company shall compensate the Employee during the Term of this
Agreement as follows:

	Base Salary.  The Employee shall be paid a base
salary ("Base Salary") of not less than Two Hundred Ninety-Five
Thousand Dollars ($295,000) per year in installments consistent with the
Company's usual practices.  The Board shall review the Employee's Base Salary on
October 1 of each year or more frequently, at the times prescribed in salary
administration practices applied generally to management employees of the
Company.  

	Performance Bonus.  The Employee shall be entitled
to an annual cash bonus (the "Bonus") based on the Company's
attainment of reasonable financial objectives to be determined annually by the
Board.  The maximum annual Bonus will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the
applicable year's ending Base Salary and will be payable if the Board
determines, in its sole and exclusive discretion, that that year's financial
objectives have been fully met.  The Bonus shall be paid in accordance with the
Company's bonus plan, as approved by the Board; provided that in no case shall
any portion of the Bonus with respect to any fiscal year be paid more than
seventy-five (75) days after the end of that fiscal year. 

	Grant of Options.  The Employee shall be eligible
for annual grants of management stock options ("Options") commensurate
with his position and with option grants to chief executive officers of
similarly situated businesses and other senior management employees of the
Company, as approved by the Board.  The terms of the Options shall be described
in more detail in Stock Option Agreements to be entered into between the
Employee and the Company.

	Other Benefits.  During the Term, the Employee
shall be entitled to a vehicle allowance of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) per
year net after payment of all taxes.  In addition, the Company shall pay or
reimburse the Employee for all fuel and maintenance on Employee's vehicle.
During the Term, the Company shall provide the Employee with a cellular
telephone and will pay or reimburse the Employee's monthly service fee and costs
of calls attributable to Company business.  During the Term, the Company will
also pay for the cost of a fax line to Employee's residence.  During the Term,
the Employee shall be entitled to receive all other benefits of employment
generally available to other management employees of the Company and those
benefits for which management employees are or shall become eligible, including,
without limitation and to the extent made available by the Company, medical,
dental, disability and prescription coverage, life insurance and tax-qualified
retirement benefits.  The Employee shall be entitled to four (4) weeks of paid
vacation each year of his employment.

	Reimbursement of Other Expenses.  The Company
agrees to pay or reimburse the Employee for all reasonable travel and other
expenses incurred by the Employee in connection with the performance of his
duties under this Agreement on presentation of proper expense statements or
vouchers.  All such supporting information shall comply with all applicable
Company policies relating to reimbursement for travel and other
expenses.

	Withholding.  All compensation payable to the
Employee hereunder is subject to all withholding requirements under applicable
law.

	Confidentiality.  During the Term of his
employment, and at all times thereafter, the Employee shall not, without the
prior written consent of the Company, divulge to any third party or use for his
own benefit or the benefit of any third party or for any purpose other than the
exclusive benefit of the Company, any confidential or proprietary business or
technical information revealed, obtained or developed in the course of his
employment with the Company and which is otherwise the property of the Company
or any of its affiliated corporations, including, but not limited to, trade
secrets, customer lists, formulae and processes of manufacture; provided,
however, that nothing herein contained shall restrict the Employee's ability to
make such disclosures during the course of his employment as may be necessary or
appropriate to the effective and efficient discharge of his duties to the
Company.

	Property.  Both during the Term of his employment
and thereafter, the Employee shall not remove from the Company's offices or
premises any Company documents, records, notebooks, files, correspondence,
reports, memoranda and similar materials or property of any kind unless
necessary in accordance with the duties and responsibilities of his employment.
In the event that any such material or property is removed, it shall be returned
to its proper file or place of safekeeping as promptly as possible.  The
Employee shall not make, retain, remove or distribute any copies, or divulge to
any third person the nature or contents of any of the foregoing or of any other
oral or written information to which he may have access, except as disclosure
shall be necessary in the performance of his assigned duties.  On the
termination of his employment with the Company, the Employee shall leave with or
return to the Company all originals and copies of the foregoing then in his
possession or subject to his control, whether prepared by the Employee or by
others.

	Termination By Company.

	Termination for Cause.  The employment of the
Employee may be terminated for Cause at any time by the vote of a majority of
the Board; provided, however, that before the Company may terminate the
Employee's employment for Cause for any reason that is susceptible to cure, the
Company shall first send the Employee written notice of its intention to
terminate this Agreement for Cause, specifying in such notice the reasons for
such Cause and those conditions that, if satisfied by the Employee, would cure
the reasons for such Cause, and the Employee shall have 60 days from receipt of
such written notice to satisfy such conditions.  If such conditions are
satisfied within such 60-day period, the Company shall so advise the Employee in
writing.  If such conditions are not satisfied within such 60-day period, the
Company may thereafter terminate this Agreement for Cause on written Notice of
Termination (as defined in Section 9(a)) delivered to the Employee describing
with specificity the grounds for termination.  

Immediately on termination pursuant to this Section 7(a),
the Company shall pay to the Employee in a lump sum his then current Base Salary
under Section 4(a) on a prorated basis to the Date of Termination (as defined in
Section 9(b)).  In addition, upon termination of this Agreement for Cause, the
Company shall elect, on or prior to the Date of Termination, whether the
Restricted Period, during which the Employee shall be subject to the non-
competition and non-solicitation provisions of Section 12, shall be zero days,
or until the end of the eighteenth full month following the Date of Termination
(the "Optional Restricted Period"); if the Company elects to apply the
Optional Restricted Period, then in addition to the payment described in the
preceding sentence, the Company shall pay to the Employee in a lump sum on
termination (i) a pro-rated portion of the maximum bonus available to the
Employee under Section 4(b) for the year in which the termination occurs, plus
(ii) an amount equal to three times the Employee's Total Compensation, as
defined below, plus (iii) the Health Insurance Benefit, as defined below.  On
termination pursuant to this Section 7(a), the Employee shall forfeit his Bonus
under Section 4(b) for the year in which such termination occurs, unless the
Company elects the Optional Restricted Period as described in the preceding
sentence, in which case the Employee shall receive the pro-rated bonus amount
described in that sentence.  In addition, on termination pursuant to this
Section 7(a), the Employee shall forfeit all unvested Options and other options,
warrants and rights relating to capital stock of the Company, unless the Company
elects the Optional Restricted Period, in which case all of the Employee's
unvested Options and other options, warrants and rights relating to capital
stock of the Company shall immediately vest and become exercisable, and the term
of any such options (including the Options), warrants and rights shall be
extended to the fifth anniversary of the Employee's termination.    The Employee
acknowledges that extending the term of any incentive stock option pursuant to
this Section 7(a), or Section 7(b), 7(c), 7(d), 8(a) or 8(b), could cause such
option to lose its tax-qualified status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"), and agrees that the Company shall have no
obligation to compensate the Employee for any additional taxes he incurs as a
result. 

For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean:

	a material breach of any of the terms of this Agreement
that is not immediately corrected following written notice of default specifying
such breach;

	repeated intoxication with alcohol or drugs while on
Company premises during its regular business hours to such a degree that, in the
reasonable judgment of the other managers of the Company, the Employee is
abusive or incapable of performing his duties and responsibilities under this
Agreement;

	conviction of a felony; or

	misappropriation of property belonging to the Company
and/or any of its affiliates.

For purposes of this Agreement, the Employee's "Total
Compensation" shall equal the sum of (i) twelve months of the Employee's
Base Salary at the rate in effect on the termination date, (ii) the maximum
Bonus of 100% of such Base Salary (whether or not the entire amount was actually
earned or paid to the Employee), and (iii) the amount of all vehicle allowance
and vehicle-related, telephone and facsimile reimbursements described in Section
4(d) that were payable to the Employee with respect to the twelve months
preceding the termination date; provided that solely for the purpose of
computing Total Compensation, if at the date of termination the Employee's Base
Salary is less than $295,000 per year, then the Employee's Base Salary shall be
deemed to be $295,000 for the purpose of such computation. 

 For purposes of this Agreement, the "Health Insurance
Benefit" shall be an amount equal to the excess of (i) the premiums payable
by the Employee to cover himself, his wife and his children for a three-period
period beginning on the termination date under a health insurance plan that
provides benefits comparable to those available under the Company's health
insurance plan then in effect, over (ii) the premiums that would be payable by
the Employee, if he were still employed by the Company, to cover himself, his
wife and his children for that three-year period under the Company's health
insurance plan in effect on the termination date.  

	Termination Without Cause.  The employment of the
Employee may be terminated without Cause at any time by the vote of a majority
of the Board on delivery to the Employee of a written Notice of Termination (as
defined in Section 9(a)).  On the Date of Termination (as defined in Section
9(b)) pursuant to this Section 7(b), the Company shall pay to the Employee in a
lump sum in lieu of payments under Section 4(a), 4(b) and 4(d) for the remainder
of the Term an amount equal to the sum of (i) all Base Salary payable under
Section 4(a) through the termination date, (ii) a pro-rated portion of the
maximum Bonus available to the Employee under Section 4(b) for the year in which
the termination occurs, (iii) an amount equal to three times the Employee's
Total Compensation, as defined in Section 7(a), plus (iv) the Health Insurance
Benefit, as defined in Section 7(a).   In addition, on termination of the
Employee under this Section 7(b), all of the Employee's unvested Options and
other options, warrants and rights relating to capital stock of the Company
shall immediately vest and become exercisable.  The term of any such options
(including the Options), warrants and rights shall be extended to the fifth
anniversary of the Employee's termination.  

	Termination on Disability.  If during the Term the
Employee should fail to perform his duties hereunder on account of physical or
mental illness or other incapacity which the Board shall in good faith determine
renders the Employee incapable of performing his duties hereunder, and such
illness or other incapacity shall continue for a period of more than six (6)
consecutive months ("Disability"), the Company shall have the right,
on written Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 9(a)) delivered to the
Employee to terminate the Employee's employment under this Agreement.  During
the period that the Employee shall have been incapacitated due to Disability,
the Employee shall continue to receive the full Base Salary provided for in
Section 4(a) hereof at the rate then in effect until the Date of Termination (as
defined in Section 9(b)) pursuant to this Section 7(c).  On the Date of
Termination pursuant to this Section 7(c), the Company shall pay to the Employee
in a lump sum an amount equal to (i) the Base Salary remaining payable to the
Employee under Section 4(a) for the full remaining Term, plus (ii) a pro-rated
portion of the maximum Bonus available to the Employee under Section 4(b) for
the year in which the termination occurs.  In addition, on such termination, all
of the Employee's unvested Options and other options, warrants and rights
relating to capital stock of the Company shall immediately vest and become
exercisable.  The term of any such options (including the Options), warrants and
rights shall be extended to the fifth anniversary of the Employee's
termination.

	Termination on Death.  If the Employee shall die
during the Term, the employment of the Employee shall thereupon terminate.  On
the Date of Termination (as defined in Section 9(b)) pursuant to this Section
7(d), the Company shall pay to the Employee's estate the payments and other
benefits applicable to termination without Cause set forth in Section 7(b)
hereof, except that the Health Insurance Benefit shall be calculated with
respect to coverage only for the Employee's wife and children.  In addition, on
termination of the Employee under this Section 7(d), all of the Employee's
unvested Options and other options, warrants and rights relating to capital
stock of the Company shall immediately vest and become exercisable.  The term of
any such options (including the Options), warrants and rights shall be extended
to the fifth anniversary of the Employee's termination.   The provisions of this
Section 7(d) shall not affect the entitlements of the Employee's heirs,
executors, administrators, legatees, beneficiaries or assigns under any employee
benefit plan, fund or program of the Company.

	Termination By Employee.

	Termination for Good Reason.  The Employee may
terminate his employment hereunder for Good Reason (as defined below).  On the
Date of Termination pursuant to this Section 8(a), the Employee shall be
entitled to receive, and the Company agrees to pay and deliver, the payments and
other benefits applicable to termination without Cause set forth in Section 7(b)
hereof at the times and subject to the conditions set forth therein.  In
addition, on termination of the Employee under this Section 8(a), all of the
Employee's Options and other options, warrants and rights relating to capital
stock of the Company shall immediately vest and become exercisable.  The term of
any such options (including the Options), warrants and rights shall be extended
to the fifth anniversary of the Employee's termination.  

For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall
mean:

	assignment to the Employee of duties inconsistent with
his responsibilities as they existed on the date of this Agreement; a
substantial alteration in the title(s) of the Employee (so long as the existing
corporate structure of the Company is maintained); or a substantial alteration
in the status of the Employee in the Company organization as it existed on the
date of this Agreement;

	the relocation of the Company's principal executive
office to a location more than fifty (50) miles from its present
location;

	a reduction by the Company in the Employee's Base Salary
without the Employee's approval;

	a failure by the Company to continue in effect, without
substantial change, any benefit plan or arrangement in which the Employee was
participating or the taking of any action by the Company which would adversely
affect the Employee's participation in or materially reduce his benefits under
any benefit plan (unless such changes apply equally to all other management
employees of Company); 

	any material breach by the Company of any provision of
this Agreement without the Employee having committed any material breach of his
obligations hereunder, which breach is not cured within twenty (20) days
following written notice thereof to the Company of such breach; or

	the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of
this Agreement by any successor entity.

	Termination Without Good Reason.  The Employee may
terminate his employment hereunder without Good Reason on written Notice of
Termination delivered to the Company setting forth the effective date of
termination.  If the Employee terminates his employment hereunder without Good
Reason, he shall be entitled to receive, and the Company agrees to pay on the
effective date of termination specified in the Notice of Termination, his
current Base Salary under Section 4(a) hereof on a prorated basis to such date
of termination.  In addition, upon the Employee's termination of his employment
without Good Reason, the Company shall elect, within fifteen (15) days after
receiving the Notice of Termination, whether the Restricted Period, during which
the Employee shall be subject to the non-competition and non-solicitation
provisions of Section 12, shall be zero days, or the Optional Restricted Period;
if the Company elects to apply the Optional Restricted Period, then in addition
to the payment described in the preceding sentence, the Company shall pay to the
Employee in a lump sum on termination (i) a pro-rated portion of the maximum
bonus available to the Employee under Section 4(b) for the year in which the
termination occurs, plus (ii) an amount equal to three times the Employee's
Total Compensation, as defined in Section 7(a), plus (iii) the Health Insurance
Benefit, as defined in Section 7(a).   On termination pursuant to this Section
8(b), the Employee shall forfeit his Bonus under Section 4(b) for the year in
which such termination occurs, unless the Company elects the Optional Restricted
Period as described in the preceding sentence, in which case the Employee shall
receive the pro-rated bonus amount described in that sentence.  In addition, on
termination pursuant to this Section 8(b), the Employee shall forfeit all
unvested Options and other options, warrants and rights relating to capital
stock of the Company, unless the Company elects the Optional Restricted Period,
in which case all of the Employee's unvested Options and other options, warrants
and rights relating to capital stock of the Company shall immediately vest and
become exercisable, and the term of any such options (including the Options),
warrants and rights shall be extended to the fifth anniversary of the Employee's
termination.     

	Provisions Applicable to Termination of
Employment.

	Notice of Termination.  Any purported termination
of Employee's employment by the Company pursuant to Section 7 shall be
communicated by Notice of Termination to the Employee as provided herein, and
shall state the specific termination provisions in this Agreement relied on and
set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a
basis for termination of the Employee's employment ("Notice of
Termination").  If the Employee terminates under Section 8, he shall give
the Company a Notice of Termination.

	Date of Termination.  For all purposes, "Date
of Termination" shall mean, for Disability, thirty (30) days after Notice
of Termination is given to the Employee (provided the Employee has not returned
to duty on a full-time basis during such 30-day period), or, if the Employee's
employment is terminated by the Company for any other reason or by the Employee,
the date on which a Notice of Termination is given.

	Benefits on Termination.  On termination of this
Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 7 or by the Employee pursuant to
Section 8, all profit-sharing, deferred compensation and other retirement
benefits payable to the Employee under benefit plans in which the Employee then
participated shall be paid to the Employee in accordance with the provisions of
the respective plans.  

	Change In Control.

	Payments on Change in Control.  Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, unless the Employee elects in
writing to waive this provision, a Change in Control (as defined in Section
11(d) below) of the Company shall be deemed a termination of the Employee
without Cause, and the Employee shall be entitled to receive and the Company
agrees to pay to the Employee, in a lump sum upon such Change in Control, the
amount determined under Section 7(b) that is payable to the Employee on
termination without Cause.  In addition, on a Change of Control, all of the
Employee's unvested Options and other options, warrants and rights relating to
capital stock of the Company shall immediately vest and become exercisable, and
the term of any such options (including the Options), warrants and rights shall
be extended to the fifth anniversary of the Employee's termination.  

After a Change in Control, if any option (including the
Options), warrant or right (the "Terminated Option") relating to the
Company's capital stock does not remain outstanding, the successor to the
Company or its then Parent (as defined in Section 10 below) shall either:

	Issue an option, warrant or right, as appropriate (the
"Successor Option"), to purchase common stock of such successor or
Parent in an amount such that on exercise of the Successor Option the Employee
would receive the same number of shares of the successor's/Parent's common stock
as the Employee would have received had the Employee exercised the Terminated
Option immediately prior to the transaction resulting in the Change in Control
and received shares of such successor/Parent in such transaction.  The aggregate
exercise price for all of the shares covered by such Successor Option shall
equal the aggregate exercise price of the Terminated Option; or 

	Pay the Employee a bonus within ten (10) days after the
consummation of the Change in Control, in an amount agreed to by the Employee
and the Company.  Such amount shall be at least equivalent on an after-tax basis
to the net after-tax gain that the Employee would have realized if he had been
issued a Successor Option under clause (i) above and had immediately exercised
such Successor Option and sold the underlying stock, taking into account the
different tax rates that apply to such bonus and to such gain, and such amount
shall also reflect other differences to the Employee between receiving a bonus
under this clause (ii) and receiving a Successor Option under clause (i)
above.

	Definitions.  For the purposes of this Agreement,
a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) there shall be
consummated (aa) any reorganization, liquidation or consolidation of the
Company, or any merger or other business combination of the Company with any
other corporation, other than any such merger or other combination that would
result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent
(50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the
Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such transaction,
(bb) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series
of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the
Company, or if (ii) any "person" (as defined in Section 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act")), shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or
more of the Company's outstanding voting securities (except that for purposes of
this Section 10(b), "person" shall not include any person (or any
person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
person) who as of the date of this Agreement owns ten percent (10%) or more of
the total voting power represented by the outstanding voting securities of the
Company, or a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee
benefit plan of the Company, or a corporation that is owned directly or
indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same
percentage as their ownership of the Company) or if (iii) during any period of
two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted the entire Board shall cease for any reason to constitute at least
one-half of the membership thereof unless the election, or the nomination for
election by the Company's shareholders, of each new director was approved by a
vote of at least one-half of the directors then still in office who were
directors at the beginning of the period.

The term "Parent" means a corporation, partnership,
trust, limited liability company or other entity that is the ultimate
"beneficial owner" (as defined above) of fifty percent (50%) or more
of the Company's outstanding voting securities.

	Gross Up Payments.  If all or any portion of any
payment or benefit that the Employee is entitled to receive from the Company
pursuant to this Agreement (a "Payment") constitutes an "excess
parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and as
such is subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or to any
similar Federal, state or local tax or assessment (the "Excise Tax"),
the Company or its successors or assigns shall pay to the Employee an additional
amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") with respect to such Payment.  The
amount of the Gross-Up Payment shall be sufficient that, after paying (a) any
Excise Tax on the Payment, (b) any Federal, state or local income or employment
taxes and Excise Tax on the Gross-Up Payment, and (c) any interest and penalties
imposed in respect of the Excise Tax, the Employee shall retain an amount equal
to the full amount of the Payment.  For the purpose of determining the amount of
any Gross-Up Payment, the Employee shall be deemed to pay Federal income taxes
at the highest marginal rate applicable in the calendar year in which the Gross-
Up Payment is made, and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal
rate applicable in the state and locality where the Employee resides on the date
the Gross-Up Payment is made, net of the maximum reduction in Federal income
taxes that could be obtained from deducting such state and local taxes.

The Gross-Up Payment with respect to any Payment shall be
paid to the Employee within ten (10) days after the Internal Revenue Service or
any other taxing authority issues a notice stating that an Excise Tax is due
with respect to the Payment, unless the Company undertakes to challenge the
taxing authority on the applicability of such Excise Tax and indemnifies the
Employee for (a) any amounts ultimately determined to be payable, including the
Excise Tax and any related interest and penalties, (b) all expenses (including
attorneys' and experts' fees) reasonably incurred by the Employee in connection
with such challenge, as such expenses are incurred, and (c) all amounts that the
Employee is required to pay to the taxing authorities during the pendency of
such challenge (such amounts to be repaid by the Employee to the Company if they
are ultimately refunded to the Employee by the taxing authority). 

	Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation.

	In consideration of the provisions hereof and the
payments provided under Sections 7, 8 and 10(a), for the Restricted Period (as
hereinafter defined), the Employee will not, except as specifically provided
below, anywhere in any county in any state in which the Company is engaged in
business as of such termination date (the "Restricted Territory"),
directly or indirectly, acting individually or as the owner, shareholder,
partner or management employee of any entity, (i) engage in the operation of a
solid waste collection, transporting or disposal business, transfer facility,
recycling facility, materials recovery facility or solid waste landfill; (ii)
enter the employ as a manager of, or render any personal services to or for the
benefit of, or assist in or facilitate the solicitation of customers for, or
receive remuneration in the form of management salary, commissions or otherwise
from, any business engaged in such activities in such counties; or (iii) receive
or purchase a financial interest in, make a loan to, or make a gift in support
of, any such business in any capacity, including without limitation, as a sole
proprietor, partner, shareholder, officer, director, principal agent or trustee;
provided, however, that the Employee may own, directly or indirectly, solely as
an investment, securities of any business traded on any national securities
exchange or quoted on any NASDAQ market, provided the Employee is not a
controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such business and
further provided that the Employee does not, in the aggregate, directly or
indirectly, own two percent (2%) or more of any class of securities of such
business. The term "Restricted Period" shall mean, in the case of a
Change of Control,  the earlier of (i) the maximum period allowed under
applicable law and (ii) until the end of the eighteenth full month following the
effective date of the Change of Control.   In the case of the Employee's
termination by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 7(b) or by the
Employee for Good Reason pursuant to Section 8(a), the "Restricted
Period" shall mean the earlier of (i) the maximum period allowed under
applicable law, and (ii) provided the Company has made the payments required
under Section 7(b) or 8(a), as the case may be, the Optional Restricted Period.
In the case of the Employee's termination for Cause by the Company pursuant to
Section 7(a) or termination by the Employee without Good Reason pursuant to
Section 8(b), the "Restricted Period" shall be, as elected by the
Company in accordance with Section 7(a) or 8(b), either (i) zero days (such that
the Employee is not subject for any period to the restrictions of this Section
12 following such termination), or (ii) the earlier of the maximum period
allowed under applicable law, or the Optional Restricted Period.

	During the Restricted Period, the Employee shall not (i)
solicit any residential or commercial customer of the Company to whom the
Company provides service pursuant to a franchise agreement with a public entity
in the Restricted Territory (ii) solicit any residential or commercial customer
of the Company to enter into a solid waste collection account relationship with
a competitor of the Company in the Restricted Territory, (iii) solicit any such
public entity to enter into a franchise agreement with any such competitor, (iv)
solicit any officer of the Company to enter into an employment agreement with a
competitor of the Company or otherwise interfere in any such relationship, or
(v) solicit on behalf of a competitor of the Company any prospective customer of
the Company in the Restricted Territory that the Employee called on or was
involved in soliciting on behalf of the Company during the Term, provided,
however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Employee from soliciting any of
the following officers of the Company to be employed in a business that is not
competitive with the business of the Company (i) at any time after any such
officer's employment is terminated by the Company, (ii) at any time after any
such officer's employment is terminated by the officer for Good Reason (as
defined in the officer's employment agreement) and (iii) at any time after the
expiration the number of months indicated after each officer's name from the
date such officer notifies the Company of his intention to terminate his
employment other than for Good Reason:  Darrell Chambliss (twelve (12) months),
David Hall (twelve (12) months), and Michael Foos (six (6) months).

	If the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Section 12 is invalid
or unenforceable, the parties agree that the court making the determination of
invalidity or unenforceability shall have the power to reduce the scope,
duration or area of the term or provision, to delete specified words or phrases
or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or
provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the
intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement
shall be enforceable as so modified after the expiration of the time within
which the judgment may be appealed.

	Indemnification.  As an employee and agent of the
Company, the Employee shall be fully indemnified by the Company to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law in connection with his employment
hereunder.

	Board Representation.  The Company shall nominate
the Employee to serve as a member of the Board at all times during the Term,
subject to election by the Company's stockholders.   

	Survival of Provisions.  The obligations of the
Employee under Sections 5, 6 and 12 of this Agreement and of the Company under
Section 13 of this Agreement shall survive both the termination of the
Employee's employment and this Agreement.

	No Duty to Mitigate; No Offset.  The Employee
shall not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment
contemplated by this Agreement, nor shall any such payment be reduced by any
earnings that the Employee may receive from any other sources or offset against
any other payments made to him or required to be made to him pursuant to this
Agreement.

	Assignment; Binding Agreement.  The Company may
assign this Agreement to any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or successor of the
Company.  This Agreement is not assignable by the Employee and is binding on him
and his executors and other legal representatives.  This Agreement shall bind
the Company and its successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of the
Employee and his heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives,
legatees or devisees.  The Company shall assign this Agreement to any entity
that acquires its assets or business.

	Notice.  Any written notice under this Agreement
shall be personally delivered to the other party or sent by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, to such party at
the address set forth in the records of the Company or to such other address as
either party may from time to time specify by written notice.

	Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement
contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the Employee's
employment and supersedes all oral or written prior discussions, agreements and
understandings of every nature between them.  This Agreement may not be changed
except by an agreement in writing signed by the Company and the
Employee.

	Waiver.  The waiver of a breach of any provision
of this Agreement shall not operate or as be construed to be a waiver of any
other provision or subsequent breach of this Agreement.

	Governing Law and Jurisdictional Agreement.  This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of California.  The parties irrevocably and unconditionally
submit to the jurisdiction and venue of any court, federal or state, situated
within Sacramento County, California, for the purpose of any suit, action or
other proceeding arising out of, or relating to or in connection with, this
Agreement.

	Severability.  In case any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement is, for any reason, held invalid in any
respect, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of any other provision of
this Agreement, and such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent
necessary to make it enforceable.

	Enforcement.  It is agreed that it is impossible
to measure fully, in money, the damage which will accrue to the Company in the
event of a breach or threatened breach of Section 5 or 6 of this Agreement, and,
in any action or proceeding to enforce the provisions of Section 5 or 6 hereof,
the Employee waives the claim or defense that the Company has an adequate remedy
at law and will not assert the claim or defense that such a remedy at law
exists.  The Company is entitled to injunctive relief to enforce the provisions
of such sections as well as any and all other remedies available to it at law or
in equity without the posting of any bond.

	Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

	Due Authorization.  The execution of this
Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company by all necessary corporate
action.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered
this Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement as of the day and year set
forth above.
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation

By:  /s/ Robert D. Evans

Name: Robert D. Evans 

Title:  Executive Vice President and General Counsel

EMPLOYEE:

/s/ Ronald J. Mittelstaedt

Ronald J. Mittelstaedt

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