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SEGMENT REPORTING - Summary of Revenues Attributable to Services Provided by Company (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021 | Mar. 31, 2020
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Revenues | $ 189,532 | $ 182,910
Solid waste operations |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Revenues | 138,109 | 135,349
Collection |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Revenues | 97,469 | 94,561
Disposal |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Revenues | 37,853 | 38,625
Power generation |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Revenues | 1,303 | 1,026
Processing |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Revenues | 1,484 | 1,137
Resource solutions operations |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Revenues | 51,423 | 47,561
Processing |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Revenues | 17,272 | 13,818
Non-processing |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Revenues | $ 34,151 | $ 33,743

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