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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Cosman Jeffrey Scott   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc. [MRDN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CEO, Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE GLENLAKE PARKWAY NE SUITE 900 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/21/2017 (Street) ATLANTA, GA 30328 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, par value $0.025 per share 04/21/2017   P/K(1)(2)   20,000 A $ 0 (1) (2) 1,035,897 (2) I (1) See Footnote (1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Cosman Jeffrey Scott ONE GLENLAKE PARKWAY NE SUITE 900 ATLANTA, GA 30328	X	X	CEO, Chairman

Signatures

/s/ Jeffrey Cosman		04/25/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Effective April 21, 2017, the Issuer entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the "Share Exchange Agreement") with Mobile Science Technologies, Inc. ("MSTI"), pursuant to which the Issuer issued 1,083,017 shares of the Issuer's common stock to the shareholders of MSTI in exchange for 28,333,333 shares of MSTI, based on a valuation of $2.90 per share of the Issuer. Included in the stockholders of MSTI were JS Cosman Enterprises, LLC, a limited liability company in which the Reporting Person is the Manager; Peanut Lacrosse, LLC, a limited liability company in which the Reporting Person is the Manager; Bo Hungry, LLC, a limited liability company in which the Reporting Person is the Manager; and Poots Beast Mode, LLC, a limited liability company in which the Reporting Person is the Manager.
(2)	Pursuant to the Share Exchange, based on respective ownership percentages in MSTI, JS Cosman Enterprises, LLC received at closing 5,000 shares of Issuer's common stock and each of Peanut Lacrosse, LLC, Bo Hungry, LLC and Poots Beast Mode, LLC received 5,000 shares of Issuer's common stock. Upon MSTI, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer, reaching certain milestones, as set forth in the Share Exchange Agreement, or, upon the one year anniversary of the Share Exchange Agreement if such milestones have not been met, based on their respective ownership percentages in MSTI, JS Cosman Enterprises, LLC will receive 244,697 shares of Issuer's common stock and each of Peanut Lacrosse, LLC, Bo Hungry, LLC and Poots Beast Mode, LLC will receive 144,818 shares of Issuer's common stock.

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