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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
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In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we acquired eight businesses: five tuck-in collection operations in our Mid-Atlantic region, a tuck-in collection operation in our Western region, a recycling business in our Resource Solutions operating segment, and a tuck-in collection operation and recycling business whose assets and liabilities are allocated between our Eastern region and Resource Solutions operating segments. In the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we acquired five businesses, three of which are in our Mid-Atlantic region, including the purchase of all the equity interests of Whitetail Disposal, Inc. and the assets of LMR Disposal, LLC, which together include collection operations in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey; and two of which are tuck-in operations in our Eastern region.
The operating results of the businesses acquired prior to September 30, 2025 have been included in the accompanying unaudited consolidated statements of operations from each date of acquisition, and each purchase price has been allocated to the net assets acquired based on fair values at the date of each acquisition with the residual amounts recorded as goodwill. Purchase price allocations are based on information existing at the acquisition dates or upon closing the transactions. Acquired intangible assets other than goodwill that are subject to amortization may include customer relationships, trade names and covenants not-to-compete. Such assets are amortized over a two-year to ten-year period from the date of acquisition.
Goodwill acquired is primarily associated with the value of acquired businesses, based on current and anticipated operating performance, in excess of the specific values allocated to other assets, new growth opportunities arising from the acquisitions, and expected synergies from combining the acquired businesses with our existing operations and implementing our operating strategies. Substantially all amounts recorded to goodwill associated with acquisitions completed in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 are expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
A summary of the purchase price and the purchase price allocation for acquisitions follows:
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 20252024
Purchase Price:
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired of $— and $6,547, respectively
$217,178 $261,235 
Settlements due from sellers
(1,037)(2,633)
Holdbacks, contingent consideration and other
6,302 1,575 

$222,443 $260,177 
Allocated as follows:
Current assets (1)
$8,607 $7,309 
Property and equipment:
Land4,850 1,310 
Buildings and improvements7,587 1,004 
Machinery, equipment and other
39,626 56,396 
Operating lease right-of-use assets10,655 5,222 
Intangible assets:
Trade names514 1,970 
Covenants not-to-compete3,937 10,754 
Customer relationships48,588 57,713 
Deferred tax liability(229)(23,509)
Current liabilities(4,068)(23,268)
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion(9,583)(5,092)
Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed$110,484 $89,809 
Excess purchase price allocated to goodwill$111,959 $170,368 
(1)Includes contract receivables as of the date of the acquisitions in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, of $8,070 and $4,989, respectively. Substantially all of the contractual amounts are expected to be collected.
Purchase price allocations are preliminary and subject to revision upon finalization of third-party valuations over each respective one-year measurement period. Accordingly, the purchase price allocations for acquisitions that closed over the prior twelve-month period ended September 30, 2025 are subject to change.
Unaudited pro forma combined information that shows our operational results prepared as though each acquisition completed since the beginning of the prior fiscal year had occurred as of January 1, 2024 is as follows:
 Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 2025202420252024
Revenues$486,630 $469,508 $1,396,265 $1,345,322 
Operating income$29,576 $22,989 $53,411 $48,445 
Net income
$10,099 $4,729 $11,115 $3,704 
Basic earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Weighted average common shares outstanding63,492 58,808 63,450 58,318 
Basic earnings per common share
$0.16 $0.08 $0.18 $0.06 
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Weighted average common shares outstanding63,591 58,921 63,550 58,415 
Diluted earnings per common share
$0.16 $0.08 $0.17 $0.06 
The unaudited pro forma results set forth in the table above have been prepared for comparative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of the actual results of operations had the acquisitions occurred as of January 1, 2024 or of the results of our future operations. Furthermore, the unaudited pro forma results do not give effect to all cost savings or incremental costs that may occur as the result of the integration and consolidation of the completed acquisitions.