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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] | AVALON HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012 (thousands of dollars)
DESCRIPTION |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Additions |  |  | Deductions / (Recoveries) 1 |  |  | Balance at End of Year |
|  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 |  | $ | 166 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 168 |
2012 |  | $ | 168 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 166 |
1 Accounts receivable written-off as uncollectible, net of recoveries.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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