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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | 12. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) The changes in the balances of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, which is included as a component of Waste Management, Inc. stockholders’ equity, are as follows (in millions, with amounts in parentheses representing decreases to accumulated other comprehensive income):
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Foreign |  | Post- |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Available- |  | Currency |  | Retirement |  |  |
|  | Derivative |  | for-Sale |  | Translation |  | Benefit |  |  |
|  | Instruments |  | Securities |  | Adjustments |  | Obligations |  | Total
Balance, December 31, 2015 |  | $ | (52) |  | $ | 8 |  | $ | (75) |  | $ | (8) |  | $ | (127)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax expense (benefit) of $(4), $3, $0 and $0, respectively |  |  | (7) |  |  | 5 |  |  | 26 |  |  | — |  |  | 24
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss, net of tax (expense) benefit of $12, $0, $0 and $1, respectively |  |  | 19 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 23
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 12 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 47
Balance, December 31, 2016 |  | $ | (40) |  | $ | 13 |  | $ | (47) |  | $ | (6) |  | $ | (80)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax expense (benefit) of $0, $2, $0 and $1, respectively |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 82
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss, net of tax (expense) benefit of $5, $(1), $0 and $0, respectively |  |  | 7 |  |  | (1) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 7 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 88
Balance, December 31, 2017 |  | $ | (33) |  | $ | 15 |  | $ | 29 |  | $ | (3) |  | $ | 8
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax expense (benefit) of $0, $2, $0 and $1, respectively |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | (105) |  |  | 2 |  |  | (98)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss, net of tax (expense) benefit of $3, $0, $0 and $0, respectively |  |  | 8 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 8 |  |  | 5 |  |  | (105) |  |  | 2 |  |  | (90)
Adoption of new accounting standard (a) |  |  | (7) |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | (1) |  |  | (5)
Balance, December 31, 2018 |  | $ | (32) |  | $ | 23 |  | $ | (76) |  | $ | (2) |  | $ | (87)
| (a) |  | As of January 1, 2018, we adopted ASU 2018‑02 and reclassified stranded tax effects to retained earnings. See Note 2 for further discussion of ASU 2018-02.
There have been no derivatives outstanding subsequent to March 31, 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2016, other comprehensive loss before reclassifications associated with the effective portion of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges for foreign currency derivatives was $7 million, net of tax benefit of $4 million. The significant amounts reclassified out of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) associated with our previously terminated cash flow hedges for the years ended December 31 are as follows (in millions, with amounts in parentheses representing debits to the statement of operations classification):
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Statement of
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | Operations Classification
Forward-starting interest rate swaps |  | $ | (10) |  | $ | (11) |  | $ | (10) |  | Interest expense, net
Treasury rate locks |  |  | (1) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (1) |  | Interest expense, net
Foreign currency derivatives |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (20) |  | Other, net
|  |  | (11) |  |  | (12) |  |  | (31) |  | Total before tax
|  |  | 3 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 12 |  | Tax (expense) benefit
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ | (8) |  | $ | (7) |  | $ | (19) |  | Net of tax

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- Definition The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134417 + Details
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