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Revenue (Total Reported Revenues by Service Line) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 1,389,552	$ 1,412,444	$ 4,047,739	$ 4,026,719
Reportable Segments [Member] | Collection [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,010,497	990,790	2,947,579	2,840,267
Reportable Segments [Member] | Commercial [Member] | Collection [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	406,037	408,415	1,197,971	1,186,565
Reportable Segments [Member] | Residential [Member] | Collection [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	387,566	355,574	1,131,486	1,024,105
Reportable Segments [Member] | Industrial and Construction Roll Off [Member] | Collection [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	216,894	226,801	618,122	629,597
Reportable Segments [Member] | Landfill [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	308,795	310,633	855,631	852,073
Reportable Segments [Member] | Transfer [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	205,910	209,585	575,761	575,337
Reportable Segments [Member] | Recycling [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	21,377	14,142	59,701	50,676
Reportable Segments [Member] | E&P [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	26,218	70,874	131,748	205,743
Reportable Segments [Member] | Intermodal and Other [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	27,141	26,520	84,970	90,491
Intercompany Revenue [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ (210,386)	$ (210,100)	$ (607,651)	$ (587,868)

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