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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 Registration Statement on Form S-8 related to the USA Waste
Services, Inc.  Employee Savings Plan of our report dated September 22, 1993 on
Envirofil, Inc. included in the USA Waste Services, Inc.'s previously filed
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 33-59259)
and our report dated March 25, 1994 on the Acquired New Jersey Solid Waste
Companies incorporated by reference in the USA Waste Services, Inc.'s previously
filed Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.
33-59259).


                                        ARTHUR ANDERSEN L.L.P.


Philadelphia, Pa.,
June 1, 1995

