Property and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

5.PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:



	December 31,
	2014		2013
Landfill site costs	$	2,209,749	$	2,015,085
Rolling stock		669,133		602,838
Land, buildings and improvements		403,472		386,099
Containers		289,626		265,432
Machinery and equipment		335,376		311,953
Construction in progress		19,815		14,707
		3,927,171		3,596,114
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion		(1,332,966)		(1,145,465)
	$	2,594,205	$	2,450,649

The Company’s landfill depletion expense, recorded in Depreciation in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income, for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, was $84,308, $80,227 and $53,429, respectively.

In 2014, the Company recorded an $8,445 impairment charge, which is included in Impairments and other operating charges in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income, for property and equipment at an E&P disposal facility as a result of projected operating losses resulting from the migration of the majority of the facility’s customers to a new E&P facility that the Company owns and operates. The fair value of the property and equipment was determined using a discounted cash flow model.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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