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Property, Plant and Equipment | 8 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment |
6. | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2014, April 30, 2014 and April 30, 2013 consists of the following:
|  | December 31, 2014 |  |  | April 30, |
|  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Land |  | $ | 21,671 |  |  | $ | 21,445 |  |  | $ | 20,722 |
Landfills |  |  | 513,851 |  |  |  | 496,515 |  |  |  | 475,855 |
Landfill operating lease contracts |  |  | 120,607 |  |  |  | 115,867 |  |  |  | 109,363 |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 139,461 |  |  |  | 134,787 |  |  |  | 133,330 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 127,359 |  |  |  | 117,193 |  |  |  | 120,314 |
Rolling stock |  |  | 138,201 |  |  |  | 128,155 |  |  |  | 128,038 |
Containers |  |  | 90,231 |  |  |  | 85,397 |  |  |  | 80,447 |
|  |  | 1,151,381 |  |  |  | 1,099,359 |  |  |  | 1,068,069 |
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | 736,839 |  |  |  | 695,935 |  |  |  | 645,567 |
|  | $ | 414,542 |  |  | $ | 403,424 |  |  | $ | 422,502 |
Depreciation expense for transition period 2014, fiscal year 2014, fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year 2012 was $21,599, $33,094, $34,065 and $37,829, respectively. Landfill amortization expense for transition period 2014, fiscal year 2014, fiscal year 2013 and 2012 was $17,912, $24,689, $21,206 and $19,957, respectively. Depletion expense on landfill operating lease contracts for transition period 2014, fiscal year 2014, fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year 2012 was $7,799, $9,948, $9,372 and $8,482, respectively, and was recorded in cost of operations.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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