Rule 424(b)(3)
                                                      Registration No. 333-57745

                          CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.

               Supplement No. 1 to Prospectus dated July 21, 1998

            The date of this Supplement No. 1 is September 10, 1998

     On September 3, 1998, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. issued the attached press
release relating to its acquisition of Hakes C & D Disposal, Inc., a
construction and demolition debris landfill.


Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Acquires Construction and Demolition Debris Landfill

RUTLAND, Vt., Sept. 8--Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CWST - news), a
regional, non-hazardous solid-waste services company, today announced that it
has completed the purchase of Hakes C & D Disposal, Inc., a fully-permitted
construction and demolition debris (C & D) landfill in western New York.

"The purchase of this construction and demolition debris disposal facility
provides us with the opportunity to internalize 'C & D' waste collected by our
hauling operations in the western region," said John W. Casella, chairman and
CEO of Casella Waste Systems.

The landfill, in Campbell, New York, is situated close to the city of Corning in
Steuben County, a major regional market for the company.

"Along with our Hyland Facility municipal solid waste landfill in Angelica, New
York, this acquisition strengthens our position as the 'logical buyer' for
tuck-in opportunities in western upstate New York," Casella said.

Construction of the facility will begin immediately, and the company expects the
landfill to be operational by December 1998. Situated on 217 acres, the
facility's permit covers the construction and operation of approximately 21
acres, or 1.68 million cubic yards of airspace. The landfill is permitted to
accept 280 tons of construction and demolition debris daily.

The purchase price included stock and assumed debt, and will be accounted for as
a pooling of interests.

Casella Waste Systems, headquartered in Rutland, Vermont, is a regional,
integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company that provides collection,
transfer,





disposal and recycling services in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, upstate New
York and northern Pennsylvania. In May of 1998, the company was chosen for
inclusion in the Russell 3000(R) Index, which measures the performance of the
3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.

The company's principal operations consist of five Subtitle D landfills, 35
transfer stations, nine recycling processing facilities, and 28 collection
operations which serve over 180,000 commercial, municipal and residential
customers.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of
risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking
statements are the company's ability to manage growth, a history of losses, the
ability to identify, acquire and integrate acquisition targets, dependence on
management, the uncertain ability to finance the company's growth, limitations
on landfill permitting and expansion and geographic concentration, and the risk
factors detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports and
registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.