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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Amortizable Other Intangible Assets) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Finite-lived and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Cost $ 556,099,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross   $ 558,605,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Accumulated Amortization 158,672,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization   152,089,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Net 397,427,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet   406,516,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Weighted Average Remaining Amortization Period (in years) 11 years 2 months 12 days   11 years 4 months 18 days
Total permits and other intangible assets, Cost 678,717,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill   682,169,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill
Total permits and other intangible assets, Net 520,045,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill   530,080,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Amortization of intangible assets 11,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 9,500,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets  
Trademarks and trade names      
Schedule of Finite-lived and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Indefinite-lived intangible asset, cost 122,618,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
  123,564,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
Permits      
Schedule of Finite-lived and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Cost 161,941,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= clh_PermitsMember
  156,692,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= clh_PermitsMember
Accumulated Amortization 58,028,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= clh_PermitsMember
  55,318,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= clh_PermitsMember
Net 103,913,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= clh_PermitsMember
  101,374,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= clh_PermitsMember
Weighted Average Remaining Amortization Period (in years) 18 years 9 months 18 days   19 years 0 months 0 days
Customer and supplier relationships      
Schedule of Finite-lived and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Cost 363,681,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
  370,373,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Accumulated Amortization 81,563,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
  77,697,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Net 282,118,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
  292,676,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Weighted Average Remaining Amortization Period (in years) 10 years 10 months 24 days   11 years 0 months 0 days
Other intangible assets      
Schedule of Finite-lived and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Cost 30,477,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
  31,540,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
Accumulated Amortization 19,081,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
  19,074,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
Net $ 11,396,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
  $ 12,466,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
Weighted Average Remaining Amortization Period (in years) 2 years 9 months 18 days   3 years 2 months 0 days