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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Estimated Useful Lives of Assets

We provide for depreciation and amortization using the straight-line method by charges to operations in amounts that allocate the cost of the assets over their estimated useful lives as follows:

Asset Classification		Estimated Useful Life
Buildings and improvements		10-30 years
Machinery and equipment		5-10 years
Rolling stock		5-10 years
Containers		5-12 years
Furniture and Fixtures		3-8 years

A summary of property, plant and equipment is as follows:

	December 31,
	2018				2017
Land	$	25,490			$	24,224
Landfills	544,663				513,548
Landfill operating lease contracts	121,877				114,462
Buildings and improvements	150,885				140,155
Machinery and equipment	153,222				139,029
Rolling stock	163,758				138,102
Containers	123,383				103,501
	1,283,278				1,173,021
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(878,701		)		(811,474		)
	$	404,577			$	361,547

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(13))
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