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CLOSURE AND POST-CLOSURE LIABILITIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of closure and post-closure liabilities | The changes to closure and post-closure liabilities (also referred to as “asset retirement obligations”) from January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
| Landfill Retirement Liability |  | Non-Landfill Retirement Liability |  | Total
Balance at January 1, 2019 | $ | 37,809 |  |  | $ | 32,122 |  |  | $ | 69,931 |
Liabilities assumed in acquisitions | — |  |  | 220 |  |  | 220 |
New asset retirement obligations | 1,644 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,644 |
Accretion | 2,113 |  |  | 2,100 |  |  | 4,213 |
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | — |  |  | 142 |  |  | 142 |
Changes in estimates recorded to balance sheet | 3,803 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,803 |
Expenditures | (4,310 | ) |  | (1,795 | ) |  | (6,105 | )
Currency translation and other | 142 |  |  | 169 |  |  | 311 |
Balance at September 30, 2019 | $ | 41,201 |  |  | $ | 32,958 |  |  | $ | 74,159 |

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