3. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS	The Company’s accounting policy is to perform an annual impairment test in the fourth quarter or more frequently whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of intangible assets may not be recoverable. On a quarterly basis, we monitor the key drivers of fair value to detect the existence of indicators or changes that would warrant an interim impairment test for our intangible assets. Goodwill was fully impaired in the second quarter of 2014 with a non-cash charge of $5.8 million. The Company performed an assessment of its proprietary chemical formulas in the quarter ended June 30, 2015 because of initiatives throughout the organization to reduce the number of active stock keeping units. Upon completion of the assessment and impairment testing, it was determined that the fair value of formulas was lower than the net book value, resulting in an impairment charge of $0.2 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. As described above, on October 15, 2015 at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the sale of the stock of the Company's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Swisher International, Inc. and other assets relating to its U.S. operations, which comprise all of the Company’s remaining operating interests, to Ecolab was approved, and the Sale Transaction was completed on November 2, 2015, with an effective date of November 1, 2015. As a result of the Sale Transaction, the Company performed an impairment analysis of its long-lived assets in accordance with ASC 360-10, Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, and ASC 350, Intangible-Goodwill and Other, as of August 31, 2015. Based on the analysis performed, it was determined that an impairment of the Company’s intangible assets had occurred, resulting in an impairment charge of $10.0 million. Amortization expense on finite lived intangible assets for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $1.6 and $1.9 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $4.9 million and $5.0 million, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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