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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
To USA Waste Services, Inc.:
 
   
     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4
of our report dated March 25, 1994 on the Acquired New Jersey Solid Waste
Companies included in the Envirofil, Inc.'s previously filed Form 8-K/A filed as
of May 11, 1994. In addition, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report dated September 22, 1993 on Envirofil, Inc. included in this Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and our report dated March 25,
1994 on the Acquired New Jersey Solid Waste Companies incorporated by reference
in this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 into the USA
Waste Services, Inc.'s previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-3
(File Nos. 33-42988, 33-43809, 33-76226 and 33-85018) and Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 33-43619, 33-72436, 33-84990 and 33-84988) and
to all references to our Firm included in this Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4.
    
 
   
                                            ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
    
 
Philadelphia, PA
   
May 17, 1995
    
