HOUSTON, Aug. 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WCA Waste Corporation (Nasdaq:WCAA) announced today that it has completed a tuck-in acquisition consisting of 7 roll-off trucks in Houston, Texas. All of the waste collected will be internalized into one of the four WCA-owned Houston area landfills.
Tom Fatjo, Chairman of WCA, stated, "We are excited about the acquisition opportunities that exist in our current footprint and new market areas. With the availability under our credit facility, we are actively pursuing these opportunities and look forward to announcing progress as it occurs."
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 24 landfills, 23 transfer stations/material recovery facilities and 26 collection operations located throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. The Company's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market System under the symbol "WCAA."
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