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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-07-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000848865</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AW</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001242021</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>VAN WEELDEN THOMAS H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>15880 N. GREENWAY-HAYDEN LOOP, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SCOTTSDALE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AZ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>85260</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman, CEO &amp; President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-07-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>77028</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>12.85</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2360601</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to an amendment to performance-accelerated restricted stock agreement, effective July 1, 2004, the restricted stock vests in seven equal annual installments as follows:  1/7th on July 1, 2004, 1/7th on April 27, 2005 and an additional 1/7th vested on each subsequent April 27th until 100% vested on April 27, 2010.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, vesting will be accelerated upon Allied Waste Industries, Inc. attaining certain performance goals.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 1,371,429 shares of Performance Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Allied Waste Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 1991 Incentive Stock Plan, and includes 938,612 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person and 50,560 shares gifted to children who share Reporting Person's household.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Thomas H. Van Weelden</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-07-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

