Allied Waste Services of San Antonio Awarded Exclusive Contract to Manage Waste Services and Recycling Effort at Annual Event SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allied Waste Services of San Antonio today announced that it has renewed its solid waste services contract with The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo (SA Rodeo) to manage all waste services over the course of the event, which extends from January 31-February 17, 2008, at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. Allied Waste Services of San Antonio will provide the event with reliable, efficient waste removal services, while also supporting the event in achieving the goal of becoming the first rodeo in the United States to "GO GREEN." "We are thrilled to partner with the SA Rodeo in providing this exciting annual event with superior solid waste management and recycling services," said Greg Rutherford, General Manager of Allied Waste Services of San Antonio. "In the true nature of our long-time partnership with SA Rodeo, we are working closely to recycle the highest possible quantities of the waste generated by the event. We commend SA Rodeo for embracing recycling and making this goal an imperative of the rodeo." "Having operated in the San Antonio area for many years, we are very excited to see the open embrace of and commitment to recycling that the SA Rodeo has undertaken at this year's event," said Brad Dugas, District Manager, South Central Texas. "We are encouraging our customers throughout South Central Texas to engage with this important topic and expect to see more events like this adopt increased recycling efforts going forward." Allied Waste Services of San Antonio is a major provider of solid waste management services that has operated in the San Antonio area for more than 35 years. Major Allied Waste facilities in the San Antonio area include the Tessman Road Landfill and ACCO Recycling center. In addition to The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, Allied Waste serves major customers including CPS, NISD, Cardell Cabinetry and SAWS. Allied Waste employs approximately 285 people in the immediate San Antonio region, and more than 3,500 in the state of Texas, out of approximately 24,000 employees nationwide. Allied Waste's Commitment to Sound Environmental Stewardship Nationwide, Allied Waste is committed to sound environmental stewardship and working closely with customers to help them achieve their own "green" goals. The company's environmental initiatives extend beyond the management of waste volumes and include alternative energy generation and the introduction of clean-burning alternative fuels into its fleet. In the area of alternative energy, Allied Waste is a leader in advancing landfill gas-to-energy (GTE) solutions. The company currently has 52 landfill gas-to-energy projects underway, including 41 electric-generation plants, operating at facilities owned or operated by the company's subsidiaries across the country. In the San Antonio area, Tessman Road Landfill has one of these electric-generation plants, and it is currently supplying power to more than 7,500 homes. The emission reduction achieved by Allied Waste's current projects nationwide is equal to removing approximately 2.6 million vehicles from the road each year, providing heat/power to approximately 240,000 homes, or receiving the benefits of planting 3.7 million acres of trees. In addition, the company has over a dozen projects in permitting or under construction. Allied Waste also is introducing clean-burning alternative fuels into its fleet. In San Mateo County, California, where Allied Waste serves more than 100,000 residential and commercial customers, the company has converted its entire 225-heavy-duty truck fleet to clean-burning biodiesel fuel. This achievement will make it one of the largest users of B20 biodiesel in Northern California and reduce the company's local carbon emissions by more than 3.3 million pounds each year -- the equivalent of taking more than 315 cars off roadways annually. With the conversion of its San Mateo County fleet, Allied Waste is replacing some 80,000 gallons of ultra-low sulfur petroleum diesel each month with clean-burning alternative fuel produced from local renewable resources. About the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo San Antonio has been innovators in the sport of rodeo during this time period by limiting contestant entries to bring only rodeo's top competitors to the event, recruiting world-class animal athletes and bucking stock from the nation's best contractors, increasing its purse size to over $1 million in 2007 to make it one of the top two paying regular season rodeos in the country and covering the entry fee contestants pay to enter the rodeo competition in 2008. Come experience the 2008 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo taking place January 31-February 17, 2008. Information can be found at http://www.sarodeo.com/. About Allied Waste Industries, Inc. Allied Waste is America's second largest non-hazardous solid waste services company and an environmental leader. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Allied Waste provides waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial and industrial customers in over 100 major markets spanning 37 states and Puerto Rico. Our team of 24,000 dedicated employees operates within a highly efficient, integrated organization that generated approximately $6 billion of revenue in 2006. DATASOURCE: Allied Waste Services CONTACT: James P. Zeumer, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications and Investor Relations, of Allied Waste Services, +1-480-627-2785 Web site: http://www.alliedwaste.com/ http://www.sarodeo.com/

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