ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES, AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE - Purchase Price Allocation (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangibles	$ 35,600
Goodwill	3,591,020	$ 3,758,177	$ 2,418,832
Acquisitions Year 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed assets	13,079
Intangibles	35,564
Goodwill	52,769
Accounts receivable	3,155
Net other assets/ (liabilities)	171
Current liabilities	(933)
Debt	(188)
Environmental remediation liabilities	0
Net deferred tax liabilities	(2,209)
Noncontrolling interest	0
Total purchase price allocation	101,408
Acquisitions Year 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed assets		196,164
Intangibles		1,016,774
Goodwill		1,450,950
Accounts receivable		135,758
Net other assets/ (liabilities)		18,843
Current liabilities		(90,133)
Debt		(4,955)
Environmental remediation liabilities		0
Net deferred tax liabilities		(225,271)
Noncontrolling interest		0
Total purchase price allocation		$ 2,498,130
Acquisitions Year 2015 | Restatement Adjustment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed assets	52,638
Intangibles	168,979
Goodwill, purchase accounting adjustment	(161,189)
Accounts receivable	(6,483)
Net other assets/ (liabilities)	(821)
Current liabilities	(15,525)
Net deferred tax liabilities	(30,860)
Total purchase price allocation	6,739
Acquisitions Year 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed assets			96,868
Intangibles			249,414
Goodwill			258,017
Accounts receivable			65,509
Net other assets/ (liabilities)			(11,359)
Current liabilities			(64,396)
Debt			(22,423)
Environmental remediation liabilities			(32,383)
Net deferred tax liabilities			(12,338)
Noncontrolling interest			(6,781)
Total purchase price allocation			$ 520,128
Shred-It
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed assets	219,673
Intangibles	1,108,056
Goodwill	1,180,213
Accounts receivable	113,956
Net other assets/ (liabilities)	16,673
Current liabilities	(85,526)
Net deferred tax liabilities	(239,511)
Total purchase price allocation	2,313,534
Shred-It | Restatement Adjustment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed assets	45,423
Intangibles	153,056
Goodwill, purchase accounting adjustment	(152,833)
Accounts receivable	(3,585)
Net other assets/ (liabilities)	(65)
Current liabilities	(13,348)
Net deferred tax liabilities	(19,006)
Total purchase price allocation	9,642
Other Prior Year Acquisitions | Restatement Adjustment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed assets	7,215
Intangibles	15,923
Goodwill, purchase accounting adjustment	(8,356)
Accounts receivable	(2,898)
Net other assets/ (liabilities)	(756)
Current liabilities	(2,177)
Net deferred tax liabilities	(11,854)
Total purchase price allocation	$ (2,903)