UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 19, 2014

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (802) 775-0325

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Bond Offering

On November 19, 2014, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) announced an offering of $25.0 million aggregate principal amount of New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation solid waste disposal revenue bonds (the “Bonds”). An additional $15.0 million aggregate principal amount of New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation solid waste disposal revenue bonds may be offered under the same indenture in the future. The Bonds will be guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Casella (the “Guarantors”). The Bonds are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

The Bonds have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.

As of October 31, 2014, assuming the Bonds had been issued on that date and the proceeds of the Bonds, net of estimated transaction costs and approximately $5.9 million which shall be maintained in the project fund pending disbursement for costs of certain capital projects in the state of New York (the “Project”), had been applied to the repayment of amounts outstanding under the Company’s senior credit facility (the “Senior Credit Facility”) that were used to finance the Project, the Company and the Guarantors would have had approximately $528.5 million of aggregate outstanding indebtedness (excluding approximately $27.1 million of outstanding undrawn letters of credit issued under the Senior Credit Facility) under the following debt arrangements: $126.5 million under the Senior Credit Facility, $25.0 million principal amount of Finance Authority of Maine solid waste disposal revenue bonds, $16.0 million principal amount of Vermont Economic Development Authority solid waste disposal revenue bonds, $11.0 million principal amount of Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire solid waste disposal revenue bonds, $25.0 million principal amount of Bonds, and $325.0 million principal amount of 7-3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2019 (the “Senior Subordinated Notes”), and an additional $73.9 million of unused commitments under the Senior Credit Facility. As of October 31, 2014, the Company had $3.8 million of additional indebtedness outstanding, including capital leases and seller financing notes. In addition, the terms of the Company’s existing indebtedness permit the Company to incur additional debt.

A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the offering of the Bonds is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Bonds, nor shall there be any sale of the Bonds in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This notice is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Forward-Looking Statements

Various statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K concerning the Company’s future expectations, plans and prospects, including without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s intention to issue the Bonds, constitute forward-looking statements for the purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including, without limitation, market conditions and the Company’s ability to consummate the offering of the Bonds, as well as those risks more fully discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2014. In addition, any forward-looking

statements represent the Company’s views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update such statements to reflect change in its expectations whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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