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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (Details) employee in Thousands, $ in Thousands					6 Months Ended
	Aug. 03, 2021 USD ($) employee location	Jun. 29, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 17, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill recognized					$ 15,958
Vertex Energy Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration to acquire assets		$ 140,000
2021 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price			$ 22,900
Goodwill recognized			$ 16,000
2020 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price				$ 8,800
Goodwill recognized				$ 1,400
HydroChemPSC \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	$ 1,250,000
HydroChemPSC \| Subsequent Event \| HydroChemPSC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Entity number of employees \| employee	5
Number of service locations (more than) \| location	240