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Revenue (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 2,517.8	$ 2,526.7	$ 4,945.2	$ 4,919.5
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	1	1	1	1
Collection
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 1,890.4	$ 1,862.9	$ 3,713.4	$ 3,666.0
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.751	0.737	0.751	0.745
Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 560.2	$ 576.4	$ 1,108.6	$ 1,140.7
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.222	0.228	0.224	0.232
Small-container
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 763.9	$ 747.1	$ 1,512.6	$ 1,480.8
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.303	0.296	0.306	0.301
Large-container
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 555.3	$ 528.7	$ 1,070.7	$ 1,024.0
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.221	0.209	0.217	0.208
Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 11.0	$ 10.7	$ 21.5	$ 20.5
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.005	0.004	0.004	0.004
Transfer
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 320.8	$ 312.0	$ 609.1	$ 594.2
Less: intercompany
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	(181.8)	(181.7)	(350.5)	(353.4)
Transfer, net
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 139.0	$ 130.3	$ 258.6	$ 240.8
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.055	0.052	0.052	0.049
Landfill
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 580.6	$ 569.7	$ 1,130.5	$ 1,074.4
Less: intercompany
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	(265.3)	(255.5)	(508.7)	(487.9)
Landfill, net
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 315.3	$ 314.2	$ 621.8	$ 586.5
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.125	0.124	0.126	0.119
Energy services
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 50.2	$ 36.1	$ 98.1	$ 63.3
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.020	0.014	0.020	0.013
Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 122.9	$ 183.2	$ 253.3	$ 362.9
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.049	0.073	0.051	0.074
Recycling processing and commodity sales
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 68.1	$ 136.0	$ 144.0	$ 269.9
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.027	0.054	0.029	0.055
Other non-core
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 54.8	$ 47.2	$ 109.3	$ 93.0
Revenue as a percentage of total revenue	0.022	0.019	0.022	0.019

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