PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Landfill site costs	$	1,974,994		$	1,066,282
Rolling stock		555,680			497,984
Land, buildings and improvements		349,567			247,907
Containers		247,440			217,401
Machinery and equipment		266,196			216,749
Construction in progress		27,346			19,617

		3,421,223			2,265,940
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion		(963,617	)		(815,471	)

	$	2,457,606		$	1,450,469

The Company’s landfill depletion expense, recorded in Depreciation in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income, for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, was $53,429, $43,217 and $40,884, 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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