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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
No. 33-60103 on Form S-4, in Registration Statement Nos. 33-42988, 33-43809,
33-76226 and 33-85018 all on Form S-3, and in Registration Statement
Nos.33-43619, 33-59807, 33-72436, 33-84988 and 33-84990 all on Form S-8 of USA
Waste Services, Inc. of our report dated March 30, 1995 (relating to the
consolidated financial statements of Chambers Development Company, Inc. and
subsidiaries not presented separately herein) appearing in this Current Report
on Form 8-K of USA Waste Services, Inc.

         We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the
above-mentioned Registration Statements of our report dated March 30, 1995 on
the consolidated financial statements of Chambers Development Company, Inc. and
subsidiaries appearing in USA Waste Services, Inc.'s Proxy Statement, Annual
Report and Prospectus, which was filed as part of USA Waste Services, Inc.'s
Registration Statement No. 33-59259 on Form S-4.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP



Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
July 14, 1995
