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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Cash flows from operating activities:    
Net income $ 5,865us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 9,361us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment 7,479us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 3,839us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet
Amortization of intangible assets 3,302us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 352us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Accretion of closure and post-closure obligations 1,035us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense 330us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense
Unrealized foreign currency loss 1,754us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossUnrealized 1,452us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossUnrealized
Deferred income taxes (1,193)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxes (460)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxes
Share-based compensation expense 463us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 270us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Unrecognized tax benefits   3us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Net loss on disposal of property and equipment 953us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 8us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
Amortization of debt discount 37us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium  
Changes in assets and liabilities :    
Receivables 14,143us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInReceivables 1,259us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInReceivables
Income taxes receivable 2,229us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxesReceivable  
Other assets 2,060us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets 882us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (6,281)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities (2,142)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities
Deferred revenue (4,393)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue (1,164)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue
Accrued salaries and benefits (3,256)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInEmployeeRelatedLiabilities (1,994)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInEmployeeRelatedLiabilities
Income taxes payable (981)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable 783us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable
Closure and post-closure obligations (583)ecol_IncreaseDecreaseAccruedCappingClosurePostClosureAndEnvironmentalCosts (114)ecol_IncreaseDecreaseAccruedCappingClosurePostClosureAndEnvironmentalCosts
Net cash provided by operating activities 22,633us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 12,665us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Cash flows from investing activities:    
Purchases of property and equipment (9,231)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (4,775)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Purchases of restricted cash and investments (816)ecol_IncreaseInRestrictedCashAndInvestments (14)ecol_IncreaseInRestrictedCashAndInvestments
Proceeds from sale of restricted cash and investments 790ecol_DecreaseInRestrictedCashAndInvestments  
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 160us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment 6us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Net cash used in investing activities (9,097)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (4,783)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Cash flows from financing activities:    
Payments on long-term debt (21,994)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt  
Dividends paid (3,894)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock (3,874)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 126us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised 174us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised
Other (255)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities (65)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities
Net cash used in financing activities (26,017)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations (3,765)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash (293)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalentsContinuingOperations (139)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalentsContinuingOperations
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (12,774)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 3,978us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 22,971us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 73,940us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 10,197us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 77,918us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Supplemental Disclosures    
Income taxes paid, net of receipts 3,241us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet 4,934us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Interest paid 4,979us-gaap_InterestPaid 40us-gaap_InterestPaid
Non-cash investing and financing activities:    
Closure and post-closure retirement asset   2,863ecol_ClosurePostClosureRetirementAsset
Capital expenditures in accounts payable 2,112us-gaap_CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid 419us-gaap_CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid
Restricted stock issued from treasury shares $ 272ecol_RestrictedStockIssuedFromTreasuryShares $ 118ecol_RestrictedStockIssuedFromTreasuryShares