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Information by Segment and Geographic Area
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Information by Segment and Geographic Area Information by Segment and Geographic Area
The Company reports information about operating segments using the "management approach," which is based on the way management organizes and reports the segments within the enterprise for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The Company's reportable segments are identified based upon differences in products, services and markets served. In 2024, the Company had three reportable segments. These segments and the types of products and services offered include the following:

Harsco Environmental
HE is a global provider of on-site environmental services for the management of waste and byproduct streams from our customers, which includes resource recovery and recycling of waste materials, materials handling and logistical support and aluminum dross and scrap management. HE also manufactures value-added downstream products from industrial waste streams, or ecoproducts, which includes road surfacing materials, metallurgical additives, agriculture and turf products and cement additives.

Clean Earth
CE provides specialty waste processing solutions for customers in the industrial, retail, healthcare and construction industries in the U.S. CE's services include the treatment, recycling and beneficial reuse of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes and the processing of contaminated soil and dredged materials.

Harsco Rail
Rail is a global provider of railway track maintenance equipment and services. Rail's products include highly engineered railway track maintenance equipment, after-market parts and safety and diagnostics technology systems. In addition, Rail provides railway maintenance services to major railways, mass transit systems and equipment leasing companies.

Information by Geographical Areas
Countries with revenues from unaffiliated customers or net PP&E of 10% or more of the consolidated totals for at least one of the periods presented below are as follows:
 Revenues from Unaffiliated Customers
  Years ended December 31
(In thousands)202420232022
By geographic location (a):
U.S.$1,340,795 $1,406,262 $1,239,345 
International
1,001,850 959,758 894,636 
Total revenues from unaffiliated customers$2,342,645 $2,366,020 $2,133,981 
(a)    Revenues are attributed to individual countries based on the location of the facility generating the revenue.
 Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
 December 31
(In thousands)20242023
By geographic location:
U.S.$338,679 $339,231 
International
325,613 368,166 
Total property, plant and equipment, net$664,292 $707,397 

No customer provided in excess of 10% of the Company's consolidated revenues in 2024, 2023 and 2022.
In 2024, 2023 and 2022, HE had one customer that provided in excess of 10% of its revenues under multiple long-term contracts at several mill sites. Should additional consolidations occur involving some of the steel industry's larger companies which are customers of the Company, it would result in an increase in concentration of credit risk for the Company. The loss of any one of the contracts would not have a material adverse effect upon the Company's financial position or cash flows; however, it could have a significant effect on quarterly or annual results of operations.

In 2024, 2023, and 2022, CE had one customer that provided in excess of 10% of its revenue. The loss of this customer would not have a material adverse impact on the Company's financial positions or cash flows; however, it could have a material effect on quarterly or annual results of operations.

In 2024 and 2022, Rail had two customers that provided more than 10% of the segment total revenues and, in 2023, Rail had one customer that provided more than 10% of the segment total revenues. The loss of either customer would not have a material adverse impact on the Company's financial positions or cash flows; however, it could have a material effect on quarterly or annual results of operations.
Operating Information by Segment
The accounting policies for the three reportable segments are consistently applied, as described in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. The Company's chief operating decision maker (the "CODM") is the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The CODM uses segment operating income/(loss) as the profit measure to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources across segments. Corporate unallocated expenses, interest income, interest expense, facility fees and debt-related income (expense) and defined benefit pension income (expense) are centrally managed costs and are, therefore, excluded from this profit measure to provide better understanding of the Company's segment operating results. The CODM considers variances of actual performance to the Company's annual operating plan and periodic forecasts when making decisions.
The following tables include information about the Company's revenues and operating income (loss) by reporting segment, along with significant segment expenses and other segment information, for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022:

Year Ended December 31, 2024
(in thousands)Harsco
Environmental
Clean
Earth
Harsco
Rail
Total SegmentCorporate
Total
Segment Profit and Loss:
Total revenues1,111,512 939,845 291,288 $2,342,645 — $2,342,645 
Less:
Cost of services and products sold (a)
948,591 690,160 270,330 1,909,081 — 1,909,081 
Selling, general and administrative expenses113,845 156,378 48,461 318,684 40,704 359,388 
Goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charges2,840 — 13,026 15,866 — 15,866 
Property, plant and equipment impairment charge23,444 — — 23,444 — 23,444 
Remeasurement of long-lived assets— — 10,695 10,695 — 10,695 
Gain on sale of businesses, net(10,029)— — (10,029)(449)(10,478)
Other segment activities (a)(b)
808 1,151 6,808 8,767 (5,863)2,904 
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations32,013 92,156 (58,032)$66,137 (34,392)$31,745 
Plus:
Interest income6,795 
Interest expense(112,217)
Facility fees and debt-related income (expense)(11,265)
Defined benefit pension income (expense)(16,728)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity income$(101,670)
Other Segment Information:
Depreciation
109,756 33,840 3,478 $147,074 1,255 $148,329 
Amortization (c)
3,068 23,976 224 $27,268 4,203 $31,471 
Capital expenditures
98,845 32,754 4,756 $136,355 236 $136,591 
Total assets
1,263,031 993,598 350,157 $2,606,786 43,447 $2,650,233 
Year Ended December 31, 2023
(in thousands)Harsco
Environmental		Clean
Earth		Harsco
Rail		Total SegmentCorporateTotal
 Segment Profit and Loss:
Total revenues1,140,904 928,321 296,795 $2,366,020 — $2,366,020 
Less:
Cost of services and products sold (a)
942,219 694,756 277,812 1,914,787 — 1,914,787 
Selling, general and administrative expenses109,131 154,513 45,770 309,414 44,571 353,985 
Property, plant and equipment impairment charge14,099 — — 14,099 — 14,099 
Other segment activities (a)(b)
(2,180)2,078 4,884 4,782 (1,571)3,211 
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations77,635 76,974 (31,671)$122,938 (43,000)$79,938 
Plus:
Interest income6,809 
Interest expense(107,081)
Facility fees and debt-related income (expense)(10,762)
Defined benefit pension income (expense)(21,574)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity income$(52,670)
Other Segment Information:
Depreciation
113,571 23,252 — $136,823 2,133 $138,956 
Amortization (c)
4,030 24,583 — $28,613 3,795 $32,408 
Capital expenditures
104,045 32,100 2,453 $138,598 427 $139,025 
Total assets
1,417,278 981,723 369,022 $2,768,023 86,675 $2,854,698 
Year Ended December 31, 2022
(in thousands)Harsco
Environmental		Clean
Earth		Harsco
Rail		Total SegmentCorporateTotal
 Segment Profit and Loss:
Total revenues1,061,239 827,826 244,916 $2,133,981 — $2,133,981 
Less:
Cost of services and products sold (a)881,249 675,283 242,951 1,799,483 — 1,799,483 
Selling, general and administrative expenses99,855 129,401 40,967 270,223 34,642 304,865 
Goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charges15,000 104,580 — 119,580 — 119,580 
Other segment activities (a)(b)
5,576 347 4,679 10,602 347 10,949 
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations59,559 (81,785)(43,681)$(65,907)(34,989)$(100,896)
Plus:
Interest income3,829 
Interest expense(76,807)
Facility fees and debt-related income (expense)(2,956)
Defined benefit pension income (expense)8,933 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity income$(167,897)
Other Segment Information:
Depreciation
108,880 18,836 — $127,716 1,996 $129,712 
Amortization (c)
6,809 24,299 — $31,108 3,029 $34,137 
Capital expenditures
109,508 21,996 1,618 $133,122 4,038 $137,160 
(a) Cost of services and products sold is a significant expense category provided to the CODM at the segment-level.
(b) Other segment activities include amounts reflected in the captions, Research and development costs, Cost of services and products sold and Other (income) expenses, net, on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(c) Amortization expense in Corporate relates to the amortization of deferred financing costs.