Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of Financial Information Concerning Company's Reportable Segments

Summarized financial information concerning the Company’s reportable segments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, is shown in the following tables:

Three Months Ended			Intercompany		Reported		Segment
September 30, 2020	Revenue		Revenue(b)		Revenue		EBITDA(c)
Eastern	$	413,499	$	(69,146)	$	344,353	$	90,991
Southern		375,636		(45,061)		330,575		81,394
Western		337,768		(36,547)		301,221		101,071
Central		262,458		(33,892)		228,566		82,887
Canada		210,577		(25,740)		184,837		72,516
Corporate(a)		—		—		—		(4,132)
	$	1,599,938	$	(210,386)	$	1,389,552	$	424,727

Three Months Ended			Intercompany		Reported		Segment
September 30, 2019	Revenue		Revenue(b)		Revenue		EBITDA(c)
Eastern	$	399,936	$	(69,049)	$	330,887	$	88,101
Southern		417,133		(45,678)		371,455		113,209
Western		324,859		(35,651)		289,208		90,059
Central		262,737		(32,663)		230,074		81,746
Canada		217,879		(27,059)		190,820		66,794
Corporate(a)		—		—		—		(446)
	$	1,622,544	$	(210,100)	$	1,412,444	$	439,463

Nine Months Ended			Intercompany		Reported		Segment
September 30, 2020	Revenue		Revenue(b)		Revenue		EBITDA(c)
Eastern	$	1,194,213	$	(198,767)	$	995,446	$	258,333
Southern		1,171,709		(138,412)		1,033,297		276,844
Western		953,861		(105,122)		848,739		267,523
Central		749,093		(95,365)		653,728		235,742
Canada		586,514		(69,985)		516,529		185,589
Corporate(a)		—		—		—		(10,462)
	$	4,655,390	$	(607,651)	$	4,047,739	$	1,213,569

Nine Months Ended			Intercompany		Reported		Segment
September 30, 2019	Revenue		Revenue(b)		Revenue		EBITDA(c)
Eastern	$	1,137,258	$	(189,924)	$	947,334	$	250,106
Southern		1,214,125		(129,931)		1,084,194		327,139
Western		922,737		(101,552)		821,185		253,504
Central		715,997		(89,685)		626,312		219,280
Canada		624,470		(76,776)		547,694		193,702
Corporate(a)		—		—		—		(11,751)
	$	4,614,587	$	(587,868)	$	4,026,719	$	1,231,980

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(a) Corporate consists of expenses associated with its administrative departments and certain centralized expenses including cash and equity-based incentive compensation, direct acquisition expenses and share-based compensation expenses associated with Progressive Waste share-based grants outstanding at June 1, 2016 that were continued by the Company. Amounts reflected are net of allocations to the five operating segments.

(b) Intercompany revenues reflect each segment’s total intercompany sales, including intercompany sales within a segment and between segments. Transactions within and between segments are generally made on a basis intended to reflect the market value of the service.

(c) For those items included in the determination of segment EBITDA, the accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Total Assets for Reportable Segments

Total assets for each of the Company’s reportable segments at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, were as follows:

	September 30,		December 31,
	2020		2019
Eastern	$	3,055,672	$	3,099,283
Southern		3,441,079		3,952,449
Western		1,860,596		1,718,015
Central		1,956,234		1,885,468
Canada		2,444,922		2,490,291
Corporate		1,090,944		592,189
Total Assets	$	13,849,447	$	13,737,695

Changes in Goodwill by Reportable Segment

The following tables show changes in goodwill during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, by reportable segment:

	Eastern		Southern		Western		Central		Canada		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	1,331,180	$	1,528,225	$	400,037	$	729,470	$	1,521,939	$	5,510,851
Goodwill acquired		6,228		3,648		43,151		10,450		174		63,651
Impact of changes in foreign currency		—		—		—		—		(39,935)		(39,935)
Balance as of September 30, 2020	$	1,337,408	$	1,531,873	$	443,188	$	739,920	$	1,482,178	$	5,534,567

	Eastern		Southern		Western		Central		Canada		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	1,126,486	$	1,517,610	$	398,174	$	540,435	$	1,448,980	$	5,031,685
Goodwill acquired		22,146		10,329		1,334		189,194		25		223,028
Goodwill divested		—		(845)		—		—		—		(845)
Impact of changes in foreign currency		—		—		—		—		43,688		43,688
Balance as of September 30, 2019	$	1,148,632	$	1,527,094	$	399,508	$	729,629	$	1,492,693	$	5,297,556

Reconciliation of Primary Measure of Segment Profitability to Income Before Income Tax Provision

A reconciliation of the Company’s primary measure of segment profitability (segment EBITDA) to Income before income tax provision in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income is as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Eastern segment EBITDA	$	90,991	$	88,101	$	258,333	$	250,106
Southern segment EBITDA		81,394		113,209		276,844		327,139
Western segment EBITDA		101,071		90,059		267,523		253,504
Central segment EBITDA		82,887		81,746		235,742		219,280
Canada segment EBITDA		72,516		66,794		185,589		193,702
Subtotal reportable segments		428,859		439,909		1,224,031		1,243,731
Unallocated corporate overhead		(4,132)		(446)		(10,462)		(11,751)
Depreciation		(157,590)		(157,994)		(459,641)		(461,616)
Amortization of intangibles		(32,653)		(31,934)		(96,062)		(93,821)
Impairments and other operating items		(3,805)		(12,935)		(442,582)		(32,949)
Interest expense		(40,636)		(36,780)		(119,562)		(111,313)
Interest income		903		2,056		4,396		7,186
Other income (expense), net		702		(19)		(3,046)		4,562
Income before income tax provision	$	191,648	$	201,857	$	97,072	$	544,029