WCA Waste Corporation Announces the Acquisition of a Missouri Landfill and Collection Company.

HOUSTON -- WCA Waste Corporation (Nasdaq:WCAA) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Gecko Investments, L.L.C. which assets include the Eagle Ridge Landfill and a collection company located approximately 50 miles northwest of St. Louis, Missouri.

The 271 acre municipal solid waste landfill is located in Bowling Green. The first phase of the landfill has 50 permitted acres with approximately 18 years of remaining life at current volumes. Additional expansion space is available within the site. The collection company consists of three residential and two roll-off routes servicing approximately 1,750 customers and internalizes all of the waste into the landfill.

Tom J. Fatjo, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "WCA is excited about increasing our presence in the state of Missouri with the acquisition of Gecko and Eagle Ridge. This new market area will allow the Company to pursue tuck-in acquisitions whose waste can be internalized into the landfill."

WCA Waste Corporation is an integrated company engaged in the transportation, processing and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste. The Company's operations consists of fifteen landfills, twelve transfer stations and twenty collection operations located throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. The Company's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol "WCAA."

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