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Segment Reporting (Summary of Financial Information Concerning Company's Reportable Segments) (Detail)
$ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
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.