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CLOSURE AND POST-CLOSURE LIABILITIES (Details) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Changes to post-closure liabilities |
Beginning balance | $ 61,037
Liabilities assumed in acquisition | 354
New asset retirement obligations | 2,052
Accretion | 3,795
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | 400
Changes in estimates recorded to balance sheet | 935
Expenditures | (1,056)
Currency translation and other | (136)
Ending balance | $ 67,381
Credit-adjusted risk-free rate | 5.66%
Landfill Retirement Liability |
Changes to post-closure liabilities |
Beginning balance | $ 32,382
Liabilities assumed in acquisition | 0
New asset retirement obligations | 2,052
Accretion | 1,898
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | 0
Changes in estimates recorded to balance sheet | 871
Expenditures | (787)
Currency translation and other | (79)
Ending balance | 36,337
Non-Landfill Retirement Liability |
Changes to post-closure liabilities |
Beginning balance | 28,655
Liabilities assumed in acquisition | 354
New asset retirement obligations | 0
Accretion | 1,897
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | 400
Changes in estimates recorded to balance sheet | 64
Expenditures | (269)
Currency translation and other | (57)
Ending balance | $ 31,044

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