UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 7, 2008

 

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware		000-23211		03-0338873
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of Incorporation		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (802) 775-0325

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On April 7, 2008, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWST) announced that the company’s management will be presenting at the following roundtable discussion:

 

·      Canaccord Adams Roundtable Discussion on Resource Transformation on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 10:00 am.

 

The presentation given at this conference will be made available to all investors on the company’s website. The presentation will be posted prior to the scheduled presentation time, and may be accessed via the Investors’ section of the company’s website at http://www.casella.com.

 

The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information in this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

The following exhibit relating to Item 7.01 shall be deemed to be furnished, and not filed:

 

99.1  Press Release entitled “Casella Waste Systems, Inc. to Participate in Roundtable Discussion on Resource Transformation,” issued by the company on April 7, 2008.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: April 7, 2008	By:	/s/ Paul Larkin
		Paul Larkin
		President

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release entitled “Casella Waste Systems, Inc. to Participate in Roundtable Discussion on Resource Transformation,” issued by the company on April 7, 2008.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC. TO PARTICIPATE IN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON RESOURCE TRANSFORMATION

 

RUTLAND, VERMONT (April 7, 2008) – Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWST) announced today that John Casella, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, will participate in a roundtable discussion by teleconference on resource transformation hosted by Canaccord Adams on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 10:00 am EST.

 

Investors interested in joining the interactive roundtable should contact Nadine Miller, vice president, marketing & communications Canaccord Adams, at (617) 371-3842.  For further information, contact Ned Coletta, director of investor relations at (802) 772-2239, or visit the company’s website at http://www.casella.com.

 

The company indicated that, although the teleconference is not expected to include any material non-public information, a presentation will be made available to all investors on the company’s website. The presentation will be posted prior to the scheduled presentation time, and may be accessed via the Investors’ section of the company’s website at http://www.casella.com.

 

Casella Waste Systems is an integrated solid waste and resource management company headquartered in Rutland, Vermont. In addition to providing traditional solid waste collection, transfer and disposal services, in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007, the company renewed the life-cycle of over 3.8 billion pounds of recyclable material (the equivalent of a line of fully loaded garbage trucks stretching from New York City to Omaha, Nebraska) and produced over 91,500 MWh of clean, renewable energy from landfill gas-to-energy facilities (enough energy to power a community of 33,000 people each year). It is the only solid waste services company participating in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Leaders program to reduce greenhouse gases.

 

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