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Revenue - Revenues by Service Line (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,021,095	$ 1,816,435	$ 3,921,598	$ 3,462,690
Operating Segments [Member] | Commercial | Collection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	615,803	538,525	1,218,082	1,038,201
Operating Segments [Member] | Residential | Collection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	529,872	463,320	1,043,926	903,608
Operating Segments [Member] | Industrial and construction roll off | Collection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	340,030	295,557	658,344	555,045
Operating Segments [Member] | Collection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,485,705	1,297,402	2,920,352	2,496,854
Operating Segments [Member] | Landfill
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	382,944	339,719	726,376	639,484
Operating Segments [Member] | Transfer
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	306,021	261,475	579,543	479,432
Operating Segments [Member] | Recycling
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	38,319	67,504	69,621	130,598
Operating Segments [Member] | E&P
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	58,607	54,155	110,365	97,711
Operating Segments [Member] | Intermodal and other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	39,459	46,310	77,671	92,002
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ (289,960)	$ (250,130)	$ (562,330)	$ (473,391)

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