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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Components of Property, Plant and Equipment

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,
			2020						2019
Land			$	30,061					$	28,703
Landfills			635,144						578,814
Finance lease right-of-use assets			39,683						24,038
Buildings and improvements			169,325						161,316
Machinery and equipment			178,104						168,735
Rolling stock			204,333						183,145
Containers			154,744						143,948
			1,411,394						1,288,699
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization			(900,882)						(844,874)
			$	510,512					$	443,825

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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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