Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

3.    Landfill and Environmental Remediation Liabilities

Liabilities for landfill and environmental remediation costs as of December 31 are presented in the table below (in millions):

	2024						2023
			Environmental						Environmental
	Landfill		Remediation		Total		Landfill		Remediation		Total
Current (in accrued liabilities)	$	177	$	54	$	231	$	143	$	31	$	174
Long-term		2,880		168		3,048		2,710		178		2,888
	$	3,057	$	222	$	3,279	$	2,853	$	209	$	3,062

The changes to landfill and environmental remediation liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2024 are reflected in the table below (in millions):

			Environmental
	Landfill		Remediation
December 31, 2023	$	2,853	$	209
Obligations incurred and capitalized		91		—
Obligations settled		(136)		(23)
Interest accretion		133		—
Revisions in estimates and interest rate assumptions		121		36
Acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments		(5)		—
December 31, 2024	$	3,057	$	222

Our recorded liabilities as of December 31, 2024 include the impacts of inflating certain of these costs based on our expectations of the timing of cash settlement.