Energy Costs Reduced by Nearly 67 Percent with Cree XLamp® LEDs at California Waste Connections Facility

In a move to improve lighting quality and safety at its Cold Canyon Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) upgraded its lighting system with Cree-powered Xeralux LED high-bay fixtures. The Xeralux fixtures feature Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) XLamp® XP-G LEDs, helping Waste Connections reduce its energy costs by almost two-thirds and nearly eliminating its maintenance costs.

"Our previous lighting technology didn't deliver the high-quality light our facility needed," said John Ryan, Facilities Manager at Cold Canyon. "Now, not only do we seem to have more light, but we also have a brighter, whiter light that is very pleasing. The employees love it. Less energy, better light and beats our IRR target - the Xeralux retrofit is a great choice."

The Xeralux Light Engine for High Bay (XLE-HB) replaced more than 80 400-watt metal halide lamps, sockets and ballasts with high-quality LED light. According to Waste Connections' analysis of site energy consumption, the Cold Canyon MRF is now saving 260-285 kWh per day, translating to more than $13,000 per year. As a result, Waste Connections anticipates a payback time of less than three years and the virtual elimination of maintenance due to the 50,000 hour projected lifetime of the installed products.

"High-bay lighting has always been a challenge for industrial and commercial property owners, due to its high energy consumption and the high lumen output requirements," said Jay Shuler, Xeralux vice president of marketing. "Cree XLamp LEDs allowed us to deliver high-quality fixtures that are virtually maintenance-free and enable the Cold Canyon facility to take full advantage of the benefits of LED lighting."

About Waste Connections
Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets.  The Company serves more than two million residential, commercial and industrial customers from a network of operations in 29 states.  The Company also provides intermodal services for the movement of containers in the Pacific Northwest.  Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in September 1997 and is headquartered in Folsom, California.  The Cold Canyon MRF in San Luis Obispo, California processes about 650 tons of curbside and commercial recycling per week, separating various plastic, glass, metal and paper materials and baling them for shipment to market.

For more information, visit the Waste Connections web site at www.wasteconnections.com. Copies of financial literature, including this release, are available on the Waste Connections website or through contacting us directly at (916) 608-8200.

About Xeralux
Xeralux (www.xeralux.com) designs and manufactures lighting systems that enable its commercial, industrial and institutional customers to create safer, more beautiful and sustainable campuses while reducing energy and operational costs.

Xeralux Light Engines are LED upgrade kits that replace the bulb, ballast and reflector in virtually any 50W-750W commercial outdoor area light fixture, converting it into an energy efficient, long lasting, low maintenance, mercury-free luminaire. Xeralux upgrades typically reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases by 50-80%, eliminate annual bulb and ballast replacement costs, improve lighting quality and safety, and completely eliminate the toxic mercury found in traditional HID, inductive, and fluorescent light sources.