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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000921895-15-002338
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151102
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20151102

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000911177
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REFUSE SYSTEMS [4953]
		IRS NUMBER:				030338873
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23211
		FILM NUMBER:		151191292

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 GREENS HILL ROAD
		CITY:			RUTLAND
		STATE:			VT
		ZIP:			05701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8027750325

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 GREENS HILL ROAD
		CITY:			RUTLAND
		STATE:			VT
		ZIP:			05701

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JCP Investment Management, LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001461945
		IRS NUMBER:				264654347
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1650
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77027
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-201-6910

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1650
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77027
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; DISPLAY: inline">Casella says his company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars over the years on waste-related construction projects.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; DISPLAY: inline">He says any projects that his brother&#8217;s construction company bids on are decided by an independent third party engineering firm to avoid any preferential treatment.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; DISPLAY: inline">&#8220;And over the last three years, Casella Construction has only gotten 33 percent of the work. We use seven other contractors to do that construction work.&#8221;</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; DISPLAY: inline">One of the larger proxy advisors, Glass, Lewis and Company, has endorsed J.C.P.&#8217;s slate of candidates. But by the far the largest of the proxy advisors, I.S.S, and two other smaller firms have come out in favor of Casella&#8217;s candidates.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; DISPLAY: inline">Cort Jones, a Mendon resident who owns Casella stock says he&#8217;s troubled by the proxy battle and hopes local shareholders will remember what the company contributes.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; DISPLAY: inline">&#8220;They&#8217;ve been great public servants to our community and that&#8217;s the thing that bothers me - some outsider coming in and trying to steal the company from them - and you know, has no interest in our community. They come in they take over low and they sell the company down the road for a higher number.&#160;&#160;That&#8217;s how they make their money.&#8221;</font></div>

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