Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consists of the following:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010
Landfill site costs	$	1,066,282		$	967,950
Rolling stock		497,984			441,476
Land, buildings and improvements		247,907			219,453
Containers		217,401			189,802
Machinery and equipment		216,749			192,565
Construction in progress		19,617			16,245

		2,265,940			2,027,491
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion		(815,471	)		(690,015	)

	$	1,450,469		$	1,337,476

The Company’s landfill depletion expense, recorded in Depreciation in the Consolidated Statements of Income, for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, was $43,217, $40,884 and $33,627, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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