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Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
8 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Apr. 30, 2014
Apr. 30, 2013
Apr. 30, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]        
Revenues $ 340,069us-gaap_Revenues $ 497,633us-gaap_Revenues $ 455,335us-gaap_Revenues $ 467,950us-gaap_Revenues
Operating expenses:        
Cost of operations 236,076us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold 354,592us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold 323,014us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold 318,068us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
General and administration 40,803us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 61,865us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 58,205us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 60,264us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Depreciation and amortization 40,618us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 60,339us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 56,576us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 58,415us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Environmental remediation charge 400us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationExpense 400us-gaap_EnvironmentalRemediationExpense    
(Gain) expense from divestiture, acquisition and financing costs 120cwst_DivestitureAcquisitionFinancingCosts 144cwst_DivestitureAcquisitionFinancingCosts 1,410cwst_DivestitureAcquisitionFinancingCosts  
Asset impairment charge   7,455us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges   40,746us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Development project charge   1,394cwst_AbandonedDevelopmentProjectExpense   131cwst_AbandonedDevelopmentProjectExpense
Severance and reorganization costs 161us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1 586us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1 3,709us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1  
Gain on settlement of acquisition related contingent consideration   (1,058)cwst_GainLossOnSettlementOfContingentConsideration    
Legal settlement       1,359us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount
Total operating expenses 318,178us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 485,717us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 442,914us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 478,983us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating income (loss) 21,891us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 11,916us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 12,421us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (11,033)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other expense (income):        
Interest income (184)us-gaap_InterestIncomeOther (312)us-gaap_InterestIncomeOther (141)us-gaap_InterestIncomeOther (42)us-gaap_InterestIncomeOther
Interest expense 25,357us-gaap_InterestExpense 38,175us-gaap_InterestExpense 41,570us-gaap_InterestExpense 45,008us-gaap_InterestExpense
Loss from equity method investments 1,027us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 936us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 4,441us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 9,994us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Gain on sale of equity method investment (815)us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentRealizedGainLossOnDisposal (593)us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentRealizedGainLossOnDisposal    
Impairment of investments       10,680us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments
(Gain) loss on derivative instruments (69)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet 280us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet 4,512us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet  
Loss on debt extinguishment     15,584us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 300us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
Other income (603)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome (1,059)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome (1,036)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome (863)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome
Other expense, net 24,713us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense 37,427us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense 64,930us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense 65,077us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and discontinued operations (2,822)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (25,511)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (52,509)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (76,110)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 1,162us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,799us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (2,526)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,593us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Loss from continuing operations before discontinued operations (3,984)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (27,310)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (49,983)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (77,703)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Discontinued operations:        
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (net of income tax benefit of $0, $0, $0, $0 and $412, respectively) 284us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodNetOfTax 284us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodNetOfTax (4,480)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodNetOfTax (614)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodNetOfTax
(Loss) gain on disposal of discontinued operations (net of income tax provision of $0, $0, $0, $0 and $489, respectively) (378)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax (378)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax   725us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax
Net loss (4,078)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (27,404)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (54,463)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (77,592)us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests (355)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (4,309)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (321)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (6)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net loss (3,723)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss (23,095)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss (54,142)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss (77,586)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net loss attributable to common stockholders:        
Continuing operations, net of tax (3,629)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations (23,001)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations (49,662)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations (77,697)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations
Discontinued operations, net of tax (94)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity (94)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity (4,480)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity 111us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity
Net loss $ (3,723)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (23,095)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (54,142)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (77,586)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Weighted average common shares outstanding:        
Basic and diluted 39,774us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 39,820us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 34,015us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 26,749us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted
Basic and diluted earnings per share:        
Continuing operations, net of tax $ (0.09)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ (0.58)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ (1.46)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ (2.90)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare
Discontinued operations, net of tax $ 0.00us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ 0.00us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ (0.13)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ 0.00us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicAndDilutedShare
Net loss per common share $ (0.09)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ (0.58)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ (1.59)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ (2.90)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted