Waste Connections

WASTE CONNECTIONS APPOINTS CARL D. SPARKS TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that Carl D. Sparks has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2024.

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  • TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that Carl D. Sparks has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2024.
  • "We are very pleased to welcome Carl to our Board," said Ronald J. Mittelstaedt, President and Chief Executive Officer.
  • Mr. Sparks has also served on the board of directors of Copart Inc. since 2021, and the board of directors of Cint Group AB since 2022.
  • Mr. Sparks holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Waste Connections Announces Senior Notes Offering

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

TORONTO, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") announced today that it plans to proceed, subject to market and other conditions, to offer senior notes (the "Notes") in an underwritten public offering (the "Offering").

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  • TORONTO, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") announced today that it plans to proceed, subject to market and other conditions, to offer senior notes (the "Notes") in an underwritten public offering (the "Offering").
  • The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
  • Waste Connections intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility and a portion of the term loan outstanding under its term credit facility, in each case provided under its credit agreement.
  • BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, PNC Capital Markets LLC and Truist Securities are acting as joint book-running managers and underwriters for the Offering.

WASTE CONNECTIONS ANNOUNCES REGULAR QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.285 U.S. per common share of the Company.

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  • TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.285 U.S. per common share of the Company.
  • The regular quarterly cash dividend will be paid on March 13, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 28, 2024.
  • The Board intends to review the quarterly dividend each October, with a long-term objective of increasing the amount of the dividend.
  • Shareholders of Waste Connections whose common shares are held by a bank or broker that participates in U.S. depositary DTC will receive payment of their dividends in U.S. dollars.

WASTE CONNECTIONS REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2023 RESULTS AND PROVIDES 2024 OUTLOOK

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2023 and outlook for 2024.   

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  • Solid waste organic growth led by 8.7% core pricing was bolstered by improvements in commodity-driven revenues during the quarter, providing momentum for 2024.
  • Mr. Mittelstatedt concluded, "We are extremely pleased by our 2023 results and our positioning for outsized growth in 2024.
  • Waste Connections also announced its outlook for 2024, which assumes no change in the current economic environment.
  • Waste Connections will be hosting a conference call related to fourth quarter earnings on February 14th at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

WASTE CONNECTIONS ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF ACQUISITION OF SECURE ENERGY WASTE DIVESTITURES IN WESTERN CANADA

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

TORONTO, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or "the Company") today announced the closing of the previously announced acquisition of the Secure Energy Services Inc. (TSX: SES) ("Secure") portfolio of 30 energy waste treatment and disposal facilities in Western Canada for an aggregate purchase price of CAD$1.075 billion.

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  • TORONTO, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or "the Company") today announced the closing of the previously announced acquisition of the Secure Energy Services Inc. (TSX: SES) ("Secure") portfolio of 30 energy waste treatment and disposal facilities in Western Canada for an aggregate purchase price of CAD$1.075 billion.
  • "We are pleased to expand our R360 E&P waste operations into Canada, and we welcome the former Secure employees to the Waste Connections family," said Ronald J. Mittelstaedt, President and Chief Executive Officer.
  • Waste Connections ( wasteconnections.com ) is an integrated solid waste services company that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including by rail, along with resource recovery primarily through recycling and renewable fuels generation.
  • You should not place undue reliance on forward‑looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.

Avista signs new renewable natural gas contract

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Monday, January 29, 2024

SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avista recently signed an agreement with Pine Creek RNG (“Pine Creek”) to purchase renewable natural gas (“RNG”) to be produced at the Quad Cities Landfill in Milan, IL.

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  • SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avista recently signed an agreement with Pine Creek RNG (“Pine Creek”) to purchase renewable natural gas (“RNG”) to be produced at the Quad Cities Landfill in Milan, IL.
  • In October 2022, Avista released a request for proposal (RFP) to secure RNG resources for its customers over the long term.
  • The total output of Pine Creeks projects contracted with Avista is an expected 9.7 million therms annually, which is the equivalent amount of natural gas used by approximately 17,500 homes.
  • “These RNG projects help Avista meet our aspirational goals to reduce natural gas emissions,” said Jason Thackston, Avista’s chief strategy and clean energy officer.

NaaS Technology Included in the Investment Portfolio of Carbon Collective Climate Change Solutions ETF (CCSO.O)

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Friday, January 26, 2024

BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NaaS Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: NAAS) ("NaaS" or the "Company"), the first U.S. listed EV charging service company in China, today announced that it has been included in the most recent investment portfolio of the Carbon Collective Climate Change Solutions ETF (CCSO.O).

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  • BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NaaS Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: NAAS) ("NaaS" or the "Company"), the first U.S. listed EV charging service company in China, today announced that it has been included in the most recent investment portfolio of the Carbon Collective Climate Change Solutions ETF (CCSO.O).
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, the Carbon Collective is an online investment company that concentrates on climate change-related investment.
  • Carbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S. Equity ETF, launched by Carbon Collective, is a diversified, US-focused all-cap fund that heavily invests in companies in green utility, waste management, biofuel, carbon capture and sequestration, water utilities, and plant-based diet areas.
  • In addition to the Carbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S. Equity ETF, NaaS is also held by the Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF (PBW.P) and the HANetf Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure UCITS ETF (ELEC.L), both of which are well-recognized funds focusing on environmental issues.

WASTE CONNECTIONS ANNOUNCES DATES FOR FOURTH QUARTER 2023 EARNINGS RELEASE AND 2024 OUTLOOK

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Monday, January 8, 2024

TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023 after the close of the stock market on February 13, 2024.

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  • TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023 after the close of the stock market on February 13, 2024.
  • The Company will be hosting an investor conference call related to this release on February 14th at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
  • A live audio webcast of the conference call can be accessed by visiting investors.wasteconnections.com and selecting "News & Events" from the website menu.
  • A replay of the conference call will be available until February 21, 2024, by calling 877-344-7529 (within North America) or 412-317-0088 (international) and entering Passcode #4262752.

Vision RNG to Convert Landfill Gas to Renewable Natural Gas at Waste Connections’ Southern Plains Landfill in Oklahoma with Options on Two Additional Landfills

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Vision RNG (“VRNG”), a full-service developer of projects designed to convert landfill gas (“LFG”) to valuable renewable natural gas (“RNG”), and Waste Connections, an, integrated solid waste services provider, today announced that they are partnering on a project to convert LFG to RNG, at Waste Connections’ Southern Plains landfill in Grady County, Oklahoma.

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  • Vision RNG (“VRNG”), a full-service developer of projects designed to convert landfill gas (“LFG”) to valuable renewable natural gas (“RNG”), and Waste Connections, an, integrated solid waste services provider, today announced that they are partnering on a project to convert LFG to RNG, at Waste Connections’ Southern Plains landfill in Grady County, Oklahoma.
  • The agreement also includes an option to build two additional RNG facilities at Waste Connections’ Red Carpet and Osage Landfills, also located in Oklahoma.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231116829314/en/
    A natural byproduct of decomposing landfill waste, LFG is typically collected and flared to burn off the methane it contains as required by regulators.
  • VRNG and Waste Connections anticipate the first project will produce more than 370,000 MMBtu’s of RNG annually.

WASTE CONNECTIONS ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE SECURE ENERGY'S WASTE DISPOSAL-CENTRIC ASSET DIVESTITURES IN WESTERN CANADA

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Monday, December 11, 2023

TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that its subsidiary, Waste Connections of Canada Inc., has entered into an agreement with Secure Energy Services Inc. (TSX: SES) ("Secure") to acquire a portfolio of 30 energy waste treatment and disposal facilities in Western Canada for an aggregate purchase price of CAD$1.075 billion plus certain adjustments as provided in the definitive purchase agreement.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that its subsidiary, Waste Connections of Canada Inc., has entered into an agreement with Secure Energy Services Inc. (TSX: SES) ("Secure") to acquire a portfolio of 30 energy waste treatment and disposal facilities in Western Canada for an aggregate purchase price of CAD$1.075 billion plus certain adjustments as provided in the definitive purchase agreement.
  • "The divestitures are a rare combination of high-quality, well-situated disposal and treatment assets with significant internal capacity for growth.
  • Waste Connections ( wasteconnections.com ) is an integrated solid waste services company that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including by rail, along with resource recovery primarily through recycling and renewable fuels generation.
  • You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.