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CLOSURE AND POST-CLOSURE LIABILITIES (Details) $ in Thousands | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Changes to post-closure liabilities |
Beginning balance | $ 58,331
Measurement period adjustments from prior period acquisitions | 596
New asset retirement obligations | 894
Adjustment related to disposition of business | (1,170)
Accretion | 2,364
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | (262)
Changes in estimates recorded to balance sheet | (287)
Expenditures | (810)
Currency translation and other | 137
Ending balance | $ 59,793
Credit-adjusted risk-free rate | 6.32%
Landfill Retirement Liability |
Changes to post-closure liabilities |
Beginning balance | $ 30,630
Measurement period adjustments from prior period acquisitions | 0
New asset retirement obligations | 894
Adjustment related to disposition of business | 0
Accretion | 1,094
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | 0
Changes in estimates recorded to balance sheet | 0
Expenditures | (556)
Currency translation and other | 82
Ending balance | 32,144
Non-Landfill Retirement Liability |
Changes to post-closure liabilities |
Beginning balance | 27,701
Measurement period adjustments from prior period acquisitions | 596
New asset retirement obligations | 0
Adjustment related to disposition of business | (1,170)
Accretion | 1,270
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | (262)
Changes in estimates recorded to balance sheet | (287)
Expenditures | (254)
Currency translation and other | 55
Ending balance | $ 27,649

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