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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Schedule of Components of Property 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 and equipment is as follows:


	December 31,
	2023		2022
Land	$	47,863	$	37,321
Landfills	786,130		730,914
Finance lease right-of-use assets	101,770		90,362
Buildings and improvements	262,204		209,234
Machinery and equipment	287,175		243,359
Rolling stock	396,247		276,282
Containers	266,705		197,834
Total property and equipment (1)	2,148,094		1,785,306
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(1,167,541)		(1,064,756)
Property and equipment, net	$	980,553	$	720,550

(1)Includes construction-in-process of $74,408 and $53,439 at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, that have have not been placed in service and, therefore, have not begun depreciating..