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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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- Definition

Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, that lack physical substance, having a projected indefinite period of benefit, acquired at the acquisition date.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, resulting from a business combination.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with an indefinite life, resulting from a business combination.

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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ACQUISITIONS - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Entity	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Entity	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) Entity
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										43	44	49
Tax deductible goodwill amount \| $		$ 528,600								$ 528,600
Acquisition related expenses \| $		(818)	$ 33,674	$ 2,986	$ 3,296	$ 2,661	$ 3,472	$ 3,979	$ 3,221	$ 39,138	$ 13,333	$ 10,300
Customer relationships \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life										10 years
Customer relationships \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life										40 years
Tradenames \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life										15 years
Tradenames \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life										40 years
Acquisitions Year 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net increase in goodwill \| $										$ 1,420,000
Increase (decrease) in intangible assets \| $										1,050,000
Revenue of acquiree since acquisition date \| $										258,500
Acquisitions Year 2015 \| Operating permits
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets \| $										1,400
Acquisitions Year 2015 \| Tradenames
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets \| $										423,300
Acquisitions Year 2015 \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets \| $										$ 599,400
Acquisitions Year 2015 \| Customer relationships \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life										10 years
Acquisitions Year 2015 \| Customer relationships \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life										40 years
Acquisitions Year 2015 \| Other intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets \| $										$ 27,900
Acquisitions Year 2015 \| Other intangibles \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life										3 years
Acquisitions Year 2015 \| Other intangibles \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life										20 years
Shred-It
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price \| $	$ 2,300,000
Revenue of acquiree since acquisition date \| $										$ 177,400
Shred-It \| Tradenames
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Tradenames \| $	$ 421,000
Shred-It \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer relationships \| $		$ 534,000								$ 534,000
Brazil
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										2	3	2
Canada
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										2	2	3
Ireland
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										1	0	0
Mexico
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										3	0	1
Netherlands
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										2	0	0
Romania
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										4	3	6
Republic of Korea
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										6	1	0
Spain
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										4	3	3
United States
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										19
Net increase in goodwill \| $										$ 1,130,000
United States \| Communication services business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										1
Business acquisition, ownership percentage acquired		100.00%								100.00%
United States \| Secure information destruction business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										4
United States \| Acquisition One \| Regulated and compliance solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										11
United States \| Acquisition Two \| Regulated and compliance solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										2
Business acquisition, ownership percentage acquired		100.00%								100.00%
International
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										24
Net increase in goodwill \| $										$ 289,100
International \| Brazil \| Regulated and compliance solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										2
Business acquisition, ownership percentage acquired		100.00%								100.00%
International \| Canada \| Communication services business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										1
Business acquisition, ownership percentage acquired		100.00%								100.00%
International \| Canada \| Secure information destruction business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										1
International \| Ireland \| Regulated and compliance solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										1
Business acquisition, ownership percentage acquired		100.00%								100.00%
International \| Mexico \| Regulated and compliance solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										2
Business acquisition, ownership percentage acquired		100.00%								100.00%
International \| Netherlands \| Regulated and compliance solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										1
Business acquisition, ownership percentage acquired		100.00%								100.00%
International \| Romania \| Regulated and compliance solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										3
Business acquisition, ownership percentage acquired		100.00%								100.00%
International \| Republic of Korea \| Regulated and compliance solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										6
International \| Spain \| Regulated and compliance solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										4