content: 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):  June 19, 1997
  
  
  
                     UNITED WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
       (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
   {PRIVATE }Delaware          0-20868             3-3532338
     (State or Other      (Commission File       (IRS Employer
     Jurisdiction of           number)        Identification No.)
     Incorporation)
  
  
  
      First City Tower, 1001 Fannin, Suite 4000, Houston, Texas77002
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant telephone number, including area code:  (713) 512-6200
  
  Item 5.   Other Events
  
       On August 26, 1997 the Registrant became a wholly-owned subsidiary of 
  USA Waste Services, Inc. pursuant to the consummation of a merger between the
  parties effective that date (See Registrant's Form 8-K filed September 23,
  1997).
  
       The acquisitions that the Registrant completed in June and July 1997
  include, among others, five that were accounted for as a pooling-of-interests.
  During the month of August 1997 (i.e., a full 30 days of combined operations
  following completion of such acquisitions), the Registrant had consolidated
  revenues of $47,059,000 and a net loss of $7,041,000.  The net loss includes 
  an after-tax special charge of approximately $12,265,000 for the estimated 
  loss related to the disposition of a landfill ordered by the United States 
  Department of Justice in connection with the Registrant's aforementioned 
  merger with USA Waste Services, Inc.
  
  
                             SIGNATURES
  
       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 on this 3rd day of October, 1997.
  
  UNITED WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
  
  
  
  By:  /s/ Earl E. DeFrates
       ----------------------------------------
       Name:  Earl E. DeFrates
              Chief Financial Officer
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text: 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):  June 19, 1997
  
                     UNITED WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
       (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
   {PRIVATE }Delaware          0-20868             3-3532338
     (State or Other      (Commission File       (IRS Employer
     Jurisdiction of           number)        Identification No.)
     Incorporation)
  
      First City Tower, 1001 Fannin, Suite 4000, Houston, Texas77002
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant telephone number, including area code:  (713) 512-6200
  
  Item 5.   Other Events
  
       On August 26, 1997 the Registrant became a wholly-owned subsidiary of 
  USA Waste Services, Inc. pursuant to the consummation of a merger between the
  parties effective that date (See Registrant's Form 8-K filed September 23,
  1997).
  
       The acquisitions that the Registrant completed in June and July 1997
  include, among others, five that were accounted for as a pooling-of-interests.
  During the month of August 1997 (i.e., a full 30 days of combined operations
  following completion of such acquisitions), the Registrant had consolidated
  revenues of $47,059,000 and a net loss of $7,041,000.  The net loss includes 
  an after-tax special charge of approximately $12,265,000 for the estimated 
  loss related to the disposition of a landfill ordered by the United States 
  Department of Justice in connection with the Registrant's aforementioned 
  merger with USA Waste Services, Inc.
  
                             SIGNATURES
  
       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 on this 3rd day of October, 1997.
  
  UNITED WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
  
  By:  /s/ Earl E. DeFrates
       ----------------------------------------
       Name:  Earl E. DeFrates
              Chief Financial Officer