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Exhibit 24.1
FORM 10-K LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
USA WASTE SERVICES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that, the undersigned director or
officer of USA Waste Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint Earl E. DeFrates and Gregory T. Sangalis and each of
them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act
without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and
file, for and on his behalf, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities
as aforesaid, the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any and all amendments
thereto or other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, hereby
granting to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys
may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing
as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things
which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 11th
day of March, 1997
/s/ JOHN E. DRURY
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John E. Drury
/s/ RALPH F. COX
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Ralph F. Cox
/s/ RICHARD J. HECKMANN
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Richard J. Heckmann
/s/ LARRY J. MARTIN
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Larry J. Martin
/s/ WILLIAM E. MOFFETT
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William E. Moffett
/s/ DONALD F. MOOREHEAD
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Donald F. Moorehead
/s/ RODNEY R. PROTO
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Rodney R. Proto
/s/ ALEXANDER W. RANGOS
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Alexander W. Rangos
/s/ JOHN G. RANGOS, SR.
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John G. Rangos, Sr.
/s/ KOSTI SHIRVANIAN
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Kosti Shirvanian
/s/ DAVID SUTHERLAND-YOEST
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David Sutherland-Yoest
/s/ SAVEY TUFENKIAN
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Savey Tufenkian