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Segment Reporting (Summary of Financial Information Concerning Company's Reportable Segments) (Detail) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) segment | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | $ 1,389,552 |  | $ 1,412,444 |  | $ 4,047,739 | $ 4,026,719
Segment EBITDA |  | 424,727 | [1] | 439,463 | [1] | $ 1,213,569 | 1,231,980
Number of Reportable Segments | segment |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |
Reportable Segments [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 1,599,938 |  | 1,622,544 |  | $ 4,655,390 | 4,614,587
Segment EBITDA |  | 428,859 |  | 439,909 |  | 1,224,031 | 1,243,731
Intercompany Revenue [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | (210,386) | [2] | (210,100) | [2] | (607,651) | (587,868)
Eastern [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 344,353 |  | 330,887 |  | 995,446 | 947,334
Segment EBITDA |  | 90,991 | [1] | 88,101 | [1] | 258,333 | 250,106
Eastern [Member] | Reportable Segments [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 413,499 |  | 399,936 |  | 1,194,213 | 1,137,258
Eastern [Member] | Intercompany Revenue [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | (69,146) | [2] | (69,049) | [2] | (198,767) | (189,924)
Southern [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 330,575 |  | 371,455 |  | 1,033,297 | 1,084,194
Segment EBITDA |  | 81,394 | [1] | 113,209 | [1] | 276,844 | 327,139
Southern [Member] | Reportable Segments [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 375,636 |  | 417,133 |  | 1,171,709 | 1,214,125
Southern [Member] | Intercompany Revenue [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | (45,061) | [2] | (45,678) | [2] | (138,412) | (129,931)
Western [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 301,221 |  | 289,208 |  | 848,739 | 821,185
Segment EBITDA |  | 101,071 | [1] | 90,059 | [1] | 267,523 | 253,504
Western [Member] | Reportable Segments [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 337,768 |  | 324,859 |  | 953,861 | 922,737
Western [Member] | Intercompany Revenue [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | (36,547) | [2] | (35,651) | [2] | (105,122) | (101,552)
Central [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 228,566 |  | 230,074 |  | 653,728 | 626,312
Segment EBITDA |  | 82,887 | [1] | 81,746 | [1] | 235,742 | 219,280
Central [Member] | Reportable Segments [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 262,458 |  | 262,737 |  | 749,093 | 715,997
Central [Member] | Intercompany Revenue [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | (33,892) | [2] | (32,663) | [2] | (95,365) | (89,685)
Canada [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 184,837 |  | 190,820 |  | 516,529 | 547,694
Segment EBITDA |  | 72,516 | [1] | 66,794 | [1] | 185,589 | 193,702
Canada [Member] | Reportable Segments [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 210,577 |  | 217,879 |  | 586,514 | 624,470
Canada [Member] | Intercompany Revenue [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | (25,740) | [2] | (27,059) | [2] | (69,985) | (76,776)
Corporate [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment EBITDA |  | $ (4,132) | [1],[3] | (446) | [1],[3] | $ (10,462) | $ (11,751)
Corporate [Member] | Reportable Segments [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate [Member] | Intercompany Revenue [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | [2] |  |  |  |  |  |
[1] | For those items included in the determination of segment EBITDA, the accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
[2] | Intercompany revenues reflect each segment’s total intercompany sales, including intercompany sales within a segment and between segments. Transactions within and between segments are generally made on a basis intended to reflect the market value of the service.
[3] | Corporate consists of expenses associated with its administrative departments and certain centralized expenses including cash and equity-based incentive compensation, direct acquisition expenses and share-based compensation expenses associated with Progressive Waste share-based grants outstanding at June 1, 2016 that were continued by the Company. Amounts reflected are net of allocations to the five operating segments.

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