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CLOSURE AND POST-CLOSURE LIABILITIES (Details) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) facility
Changes to post-closure liabilities |
Balance at January 1, 2020 | $ 75,651
New asset retirement obligations | 590
Accretion | 1,525
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | 4,113
Expenditures | (841)
Currency translation and other | (599)
Balance at March 31, 2020 | $ 80,439
Number of active landfill facilities | facility | 10
Credit-adjusted risk-free rate | 5.60%
Landfill Retirement Liability |
Changes to post-closure liabilities |
Balance at January 1, 2020 | $ 39,401
New asset retirement obligations | 590
Accretion | 705
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | 4,180
Expenditures | (521)
Currency translation and other | (453)
Balance at March 31, 2020 | 43,902
Non-Landfill Retirement Liability |
Changes to post-closure liabilities |
Balance at January 1, 2020 | 36,250
New asset retirement obligations | 0
Accretion | 820
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | (67)
Expenditures | (320)
Currency translation and other | (146)
Balance at March 31, 2020 | $ 36,537

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