Revenue (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of disaggregation of revenue

The following table disaggregates our revenue by service line for the years ended December 31 (in millions of dollars and as a percentage of revenue):

	2018					2017					2016
Collection:
Residential	$	2,235.1		22.3	%	$	2,285.7		22.8	%	$	2,239.7		23.9	%
Small-container	3,057.5			30.5		2,995.6			29.8		2,877.5			30.7
Large-container	2,181.1			21.7		2,087.9			20.8		1,975.8			21.0
Other	43.8			0.4		44.2			0.4		38.2			0.4
Total collection (1)	7,517.5			74.9		7,413.4			73.8		7,131.2			76.0
Transfer	1,243.9					1,209.5					1,157.6
Less: intercompany	(706.4		)			(703.8		)			(694.1		)
Transfer, net	537.5			5.4		505.7			5.0		463.5			4.9
Landfill	2,291.7					2,224.3					2,083.6
Less: intercompany	(1,020.8		)			(985.5		)			(962.4		)
Landfill, net	1,270.9			12.7		1,238.8			12.3		1,121.2			11.9
Energy services	194.7			1.9		149.0			1.5		76.4			0.8
Other:
Recycling processing and commodity sales (2)	298.0			3.0		539.2			5.4		420.4			4.5
Other non-core	222.3			2.1		195.4			2.0		175.0			1.9
Total other	520.3			5.1		734.6			7.4		595.4			6.4
Total revenue	$	10,040.9		100.0	%	$	10,041.5		100.0	%	$	9,387.7		100.0	%

(1) In accordance with our adoption of the new revenue recognition standard, municipal franchise fees were presented as a reduction to revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018. Similar fees were presented as a cost of operations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

(2) In accordance with our adoption of the new revenue recognition standard, rebates paid to customers associated with recycled commodities were presented as a reduction to revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018. Similar costs were presented as a cost of operations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.