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REMEDIAL LIABILITIES (Details) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies [Roll Forward] |
Balance at January 1, 2020 | $ 114,173
Accretion | 3,260
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | 4,561
Expenditures | (6,078)
Currency translation and other | (349)
Balance at September 30, 2020 | 115,567
Remedial Liabilities for Landfill Sites |
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies [Roll Forward] |
Balance at January 1, 2020 | 1,851
Accretion | 67
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | (14)
Expenditures | (46)
Currency translation and other | 0
Balance at September 30, 2020 | 1,858
Remedial Liabilities for Inactive Sites |
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies [Roll Forward] |
Balance at January 1, 2020 | 61,991
Accretion | 1,914
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | 3,023
Expenditures | (3,278)
Currency translation and other | (912)
Balance at September 30, 2020 | 62,738
Increase of remedial liabilities | 3,300
Remedial Liabilities (Including Superfund) for Non-Landfill Operations |
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies [Roll Forward] |
Balance at January 1, 2020 | 50,331
Accretion | 1,279
Changes in estimates recorded to statement of operations | 1,552
Expenditures | (2,754)
Currency translation and other | 563
Balance at September 30, 2020 | 50,971
Remedial Liabilities for a Superfund site |
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies [Roll Forward] |
Increase of remedial liabilities | $ 1,800

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