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Segment Reporting
 12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting
20. SEGMENT REPORTING

We report selected information about operating segments in a manner consistent with that used for internal management reporting. We classify our solid waste operations on a geographic basis through regional operating segments. Revenues are derived mainly from collection, transfer, disposal, landfill, landfill-gas-to-energy and recycling services in the northeastern United States. Our revenues in the Recycling segment are derived from municipalities and customers in the form of processing fees, tipping fees and commodity sales. Organics services, ancillary operations, major customer accounts, discontinued operations, and earnings from equity method investees are included in our Other segment. Segment data for fiscal years 2013 and 2012 has been revised to properly align with internal management reporting, which was modified in fiscal year 2014 as follows: to move Organics services from the Eastern region to the Other segment to reflect changes in management structure as these services have become integral to service offerings across our broader geographic solid waste footprint; and to move a smaller brokerage operation from the Eastern region to the Recycling segment to align with the rest of our brokerage operations.

 

Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2014

 

Segment

   Outside
revenues		     Inter-company
revenue		     Depreciation and
amortization		     Operating
income (loss)		     Interest
expense (net)		     Capital
expenditures		     Goodwill     Total assets  

Eastern

   $ 147,330      $ 38,946      $ 24,961      $ (1,105 )    $ (272 )    $ 19,870      $ 17,429      $ 200,235   

Western

     216,911        70,809        28,693        13,298        112        20,471        87,666        331,304   

Recycling

     43,825        (139 )      4,262        (2,435 )      —          1,111        12,315        49,652   

Other

     89,567        2,019        2,423        2,158        38,023        4,507        1,729        68,706   

Eliminations

     —          (111,635 )      —          —          —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Total

   $ 497,633      $ —        $ 60,339      $ 11,916      $ 37,863      $ 45,959      $ 119,139      $ 649,897   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Segment

   Outside
revenues		     Inter-company
revenue		     Depreciation and
amortization		     Operating
income (loss)		     Interest
expense (net)		     Capital
expenditures		     Goodwill     Total assets  

Eastern

   $ 129,889      $ 30,933      $ 23,518      $ (5,291 )    $ 27,054      $ 20,383      $ 16,858      $ 198,710   

Western

     205,747        65,390        26,446        20,058        (1,311 )      30,384        86,880        348,455   

Recycling

     42,273        116        4,303        (697 )      5,553        935        12,190        50,921   

Other

     77,426        3,933        2,309        (1,649 )      10,133        3,325        —          65,033   

Eliminations

     —          (100,372 )      —          —          —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Total

   $ 455,335      $ —        $ 56,576      $ 12,421      $ 41,429      $ 55,027      $ 115,928      $ 663,119   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2012

 

Segment

   Outside
revenues		     Inter-company
revenue		     Depreciation and
amortization		     Operating
income (loss)		     Interest
expense (net)		     Capital
expenditures		     Goodwill     Total assets  

Eastern

   $ 127,930      $ 33,559      $ 25,179      $ (43,640 )    $ 31,637      $ 19,734      $ 58      $ 166,938   

Western

     212,227        67,776        26,168        29,715        80        27,467        89,458        333,381   

Recycling

     52,195        57        4,130        5,088        6,795        5,494        12,190        55,434   

Other

     75,598        4,466        2,938        (2,196 )      6,454        5,668        —          77,990   

Eliminations

     —          (105,858 )      —          —          —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Total

   $ 467,950      $ —        $ 58,415      $ (11,033 )    $ 44,966      $ 58,363      $ 101,706      $ 633,743   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Amounts of our total revenue attributable to services provided are as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended April 30,  
     2014     2013     2012  

Collection

    $ 225,441         45.3 %    $ 208,973         45.9 %    $ 205,296         43.9 % 

Disposal

      128,778         25.9 %      115,049         25.3 %      123,620         26.4 % 

Power generation

      9,512         1.9 %      11,354         2.4 %      11,894         2.6 % 

Processing

      8,852         1.8 %      6,901         1.5 %      5,772         1.2 % 
  

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

  

Solid waste operations

      372,583         74.9 %      342,277         75.1 %      346,582         74.1 % 

Organics

      37,829         7.6 %      35,330         7.8 %      30,871         6.6 % 

Customer solutions

      43,396         8.7 %      35,455         7.8 %      38,302         8.2 % 

Recycling

      43,825         8.8 %      42,273         9.3 %      52,195         11.1 % 
  

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total revenues

    $ 497,633         100.0 %    $ 455,335         100.0 %    $ 467,950         100.0 % 
  

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

  

We have revised our table of revenue by source to more closely align the types of revenue generated by our operating segments. Amounts for fiscal years 2013 and 2012 have been revised to conform to this presentation.