DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 Customer
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of customers - over	566,000
Domestic/United States [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of employees	8,376
International [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of employees	6,548
Workforce Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements [Member] | Domestic/United States [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of employees	424
Workforce Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements [Member] | International [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of employees	1,940
Processing Facilities [Member] | Domestic/United States [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of processing facilities	61
Processing Facilities [Member] | International [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of processing facilities	105
Transfer and Collection Sites [Member] | Domestic/United States [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of sites	97
Transfer and Collection Sites [Member] | International [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of sites	58
Sales and Administrative Sites [Member] | Domestic/United States [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of sites	10
Sales and Administrative Sites [Member] | International [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of sites	34
Other Service Facilities [Member] | Domestic/United States [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of service facilities	52
Other Service Facilities [Member] | International [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of service facilities	18
Landfill [Member] | International [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of leased sites	2