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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.4

                                 CLIENT LETTER
                          CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
           OFFER TO EXCHANGE 9.75% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013
                REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FOR
            ALL OUTSTANDING 9.75% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013

To Our Clients:

    Enclosed for your consideration is a prospectus, dated       , 2003 (the
"Prospectus"), and the enclosed Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of
Transmittal"), relating to the offer (the "Exchange Offer") of Casella Waste
Systems, Inc. (the "Company") to exchange its 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2013, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, for its outstanding 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "Old
Notes"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the
Prospectus. The Exchange Offer is being made in order to satisfy certain
obligations of the Company contained in the Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of January 21, 2003 among the Company, the Guarantors (as
defined therein) and the Purchasers (as defined therein).

    This material is being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of the Old
Notes carried by us in your account but not registered in your name. A tender of
such Old Notes may only be made by us as the holder of record and pursuant to
your instructions.

    Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender on
your behalf the Old Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and
conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal.

    Your instructions should be forwarded to us as promptly as possible in order
to permit us to tender the Old Notes on your behalf in accordance with the
provisions of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on       , 2003, unless extended by the Company (the
"Expiration Date"). Any Old Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be
withdrawn at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration
Date.

    The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Old Notes
being tendered.

    Your attention is directed to the following:

    1.  The Exchange Offer is for any and all Old Notes.

    2.  The Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions set forth in the
       Prospectus in the section captioned "The Exchange Offer--Conditions to
       the Exchange Offer."

    3.  The Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
       Expiration Date, unless extended by the Company.

    IF YOU WISH TO TENDER YOUR OLD NOTES, PLEASE SO INSTRUCT US BY COMPLETING,
EXECUTING AND RETURNING TO US THE INSTRUCTION FORM ON THE BACK OF THIS LETTER.
The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for information only and may not
be used directly by you to tender Old Notes.

    If we do not receive written instructions in accordance with the procedures
presented in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal, we will not tender
any of the Old Notes in your account. Unless a specific contrary instruction is
given in the space provided, your signature(s) hereon shall constitute an
instruction to us to tender all the Old Notes held by us in your account.

    Please carefully review the enclosed material as you consider the Exchange
Offer.
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                INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER

    The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed
material referred to therein relating to the Exchange Offer made by Casella
Waste Systems, Inc. with respect to its Old Notes.

    This will instruct you to tender the Old Notes held by you for the account
of the undersigned, upon and subject to terms and conditions set forth in the
Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal.

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Please tender the Old Notes held by you for the account of the
undersigned as indicated below:

-->        The aggregate face amount of Old Notes held by you for the
           account of the undersigned is (fill in amount):

           $              of 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013.

-->        With respect to the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby
           instructs you (check appropriate box):

/ /        To TENDER the following Old Notes held by you for the
           account of the undersigned (insert principal amount of Old
           Notes to be tendered (if any)):

           $              of 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013.

/ /        NOT to TENDER any Old Notes held by you for the account of
           the undersigned.
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Name of beneficial owner(s) (please print): ____________________________________

Signature(s): __________________________________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________________

Telephone Number: ______________________________________________________________

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number: _____________________________

Date: __________________________________________________________________________

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