| Dec'19 | Dec'18 | Dec'17 | Dec'16 | Dec'15 | Apr'14 | Apr'13 | Apr'12 | Apr'11 | Apr'10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract] | |||||||||
Net income (loss) | |||||||||
31,653 | 6,420 | -21,799 | -6,858 | -11,781 | -27,404 | -54,463 | -77,592 | 38,428 | -13,858 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||||
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 284 | -4,480 | -614 | - | 1,011 |
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations, net of income tax | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | -378 | 0 | 725 | - | - |
Depreciation and amortization | |||||||||
79,790 | 70,508 | 62,102 | 61,856 | 62,704 | 60,339 | 56,576 | 58,415 | 58,121 | 63,619 |
Operating lease right-of-use assets expense | |||||||||
9,559 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Depletion of landfill operating lease obligations | |||||||||
- | 9,724 | 9,646 | 9,295 | 9,428 | 9,948 | 9,372 | 8,482 | 7,878 | 6,867 |
Interest accretion on landfill and environmental remediation liabilities | |||||||||
6,976 | 5,708 | 4,482 | 3,606 | 3,449 | 3,985 | 3,675 | 3,479 | 3,331 | 3,506 |
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount on long-term debt | |||||||||
2,293 | 2,449 | 2,692 | 3,881 | 3,977 | - | - | - | - | - |
Stock-based compensation | |||||||||
7,223 | 8,445 | 6,432 | 3,393 | 3,079 | 2,404 | 2,516 | 1,855 | 1,592 | 1,987 |
Environmental remediation charge | |||||||||
- | - | - | 900 | - | - | - | - | 549 | 335 |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -2,198 | - |
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of tax | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43,590 | 1,180 |
Gain on sale of assets | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3,502 | - |
Loss (gain) on sale of property and equipment | |||||||||
892 | 492 | -49 | 574 | 0 | 840 | 407 | 1,004 | 470 | 1,343 |
Southbridge Landfill non-cash closure charge | |||||||||
74 | 16,179 | 63,526 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Southbridge Landfill insurance recovery for investing activities | |||||||||
0 | -3,506 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Divestiture transactions | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | -5,517 | - | - | - | - | - |
Development project charge | |||||||||
0 | 311 | 0 | 0 | - | 1,394 | - | 131 | - | - |
Non-cash expense from acquisition activities and other items | |||||||||
65 | 757 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Asset impairment charge | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 7,455 | - | 40,746 | 3,654 | - |
Bargain purchase gain | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,975 | - |
Gain on settlement of acquisition related contingent consideration | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 1,058 | - | - | - | - |
Amortization of discount on long-term debt | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 243 | 626 | 964 | - | - |
Loss on debt extinguishment | |||||||||
0 | -7,352 | -517 | -13,747 | -999 | - | -15,584 | -300 | -7,390 | -511 |
Impairment of investments | |||||||||
0 | 1,069 | 0 | 0 | 2,099 | - | - | 10,680 | - | - |
Loss on derivative instruments | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | -227 | -280 | -4,512 | - | - | - |
Withdrawal costs - multiemployer pension plan | |||||||||
2,230 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Amortization of premium on redeemed senior subordinated notes | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 611 | -727 |
Amortization of discount on second lien notes and senior subordinated notes | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 801 | 685 |
Loss from equity method investments | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | -936 | -4,441 | -9,994 | -4,096 | -2,691 |
Gain on sale of equity method investment | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 593 | - | - | - | - |
Excess tax benefit on the vesting of share based awards | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | 185 | - | 96 | 254 | 129 | - |
Deferred income taxes | |||||||||
-1,244 | 1,250 | -15,525 | 583 | 795 | 1,579 | -3,543 | 1,824 | -23,124 | 3,031 |
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures: | |||||||||
Accounts receivable | |||||||||
5,464 | 5,833 | 4,664 | 1,029 | 4,419 | 3,418 | -139 | -7,442 | 3,273 | 8,179 |
Landfill operating lease contract expenditures | |||||||||
-5,307 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Accounts payable | |||||||||
6,762 | 9,091 | 2,084 | 76 | -3,597 | -186 | 4,152 | 4,210 | 7,443 | 5,092 |
Prepaid expenses, inventories and other assets | |||||||||
1,669 | -535 | 1,404 | 2,256 | -5,240 | 463 | -4,056 | -336 | -3,861 | -2,755 |
Accrued expenses, contract liabilities and other liabilities | |||||||||
-22,931 | -9,133 | -600 | -6,186 | 4,140 | -5,053 | -7,714 | -5,726 | -13,459 | -695 |
Net cash provided by operating activities | |||||||||
116,829 | 120,834 | 107,538 | 80,434 | 70,507 | 49,642 | 43,906 | 64,171 | 48,209 | 64,086 |
Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | |||||||||
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired | |||||||||
75,379 | 88,918 | 5,056 | 2,839 | 0 | 8,305 | 25,225 | 2,102 | 1,744 | 864 |
Acquisition related additions to property, plant and equipment | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | 0 | - | 1,746 | - | - | - |
Additions to property, plant and equipment | |||||||||
103,165 | 73,232 | 64,862 | 54,238 | 49,995 | 43,326 | 53,281 | 57,834 | 5 | - |
Additions to property, plant and equipment - growth | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,803 | 4,187 |
Additions to property, plant and equipment - maintenance | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51,780 | 48,647 |
Payments on landfill operating lease contracts | |||||||||
0 | 7,415 | 7,240 | 7,249 | 5,385 | 6,505 | 6,261 | 6,616 | 5,655 | 13,737 |
Proceeds from divestiture transactions | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | 5,335 | - | - | - | - | - |
Payments for capital related to divestiture | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | 618 | - | - | - |
Purchase of gas rights | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,608 | - |
Proceeds from sale of assets | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7,533 | - |
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | |||||||||
750 | 870 | 711 | 1,362 | 715 | 1,524 | 883 | 1,492 | 959 | 4,434 |
Investments in unconsolidated entities | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 49 |
Proceeds from sale of equity method investment | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 3,442 | - | - | - | - |
Proceeds from property insurance settlement | |||||||||
332 | 992 | 0 | 0 | 546 | - | - | - | - | - |
Payments related to investments | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 2,107 | 3,207 | 5,045 | - | - |
Net cash used in investing activities | |||||||||
-177,462 | -164,197 | -76,447 | -62,964 | -48,784 | -57,910 | -89,455 | -70,634 | -55,103 | -63,050 |
Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | |||||||||
Proceeds from debt borrowings | |||||||||
197,800 | 634,700 | 185,500 | 604,850 | 355,229 | 161,650 | 376,346 | 163,500 | 383,757 | 492,344 |
Principal payments on debt | |||||||||
243,374 | 584,223 | 216,966 | 608,198 | 370,996 | 152,380 | 360,858 | 152,806 | 491,669 | 485,796 |
Change in restricted cash | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | 4,471 | - | - | - | - | - |
Payments of debt issuance costs | |||||||||
749 | 5,573 | 1,452 | 8,146 | 9,025 | - | - | - | - | - |
Payments of financing costs | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 405 | 4,609 | 1,592 | 10,588 | 14,089 |
Payments of debt extinguishment costs | |||||||||
- | - | - | 7,219 | 146 | - | 10,743 | - | - | - |
Proceeds from the exercise of share based awards | |||||||||
3,355 | 471 | 1,278 | 128 | 161 | 143 | - | 337 | 476 | 260 |
Excess tax benefit on the vesting of share based awards | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | 185 | - | 96 | 254 | 129 | - |
Proceeds from the public issuance of Class A Common Stock | |||||||||
100,446 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 42,184 | - | - | - |
Proceeds from unregistered sale of Class A Common Stock | |||||||||
2,619 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Distribution to noncontrolling interest holders | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | -1,495 | - | 2,531 | - | - | - |
Contributions from noncontrolling interest holders | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 536 | - | - |
Discontinued Operations: | |||||||||
Net cash used in operating activities | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | -201 | -1,037 | -396 | -1,477 | 5,651 |
Net cash provided by investing activities | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 170 | -1,140 | -653 | 129,453 | 1,317 |
Net cash used in financing activities | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -3,405 | -526 |
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | -31 | -2,177 | -1,049 | 124,571 | 6,442 |
Net cash provided by financing activities | |||||||||
60,097 | 45,375 | -31,640 | -18,585 | -21,616 | 9,008 | 44,947 | 10,229 | -117,895 | -7,281 |
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | |||||||||
-536 | 2,012 | -549 | -1,115 | 107 | 709 | -2,779 | 2,717 | -218 | 197 |
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information: | |||||||||
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: | |||||||||
Cash paid during the period for: | |||||||||
Interest | |||||||||
23,183 | 23,523 | 25,029 | 42,712 | 35,232 | 35,162 | 41,348 | 40,710 | 43,923 | 35,583 |
Income taxes, net of refunds | |||||||||
-1,631 | 105 | 146 | 274 | 282 | 532 | -253 | 5,048 | 1,480 | 234 |
Cash paid, net of cash acquired | |||||||||
75,379 | 88,918 | 5,056 | 2,839 | 0 | 8,305 | - | - | 1,744 | 864 |
Non-current assets acquired through long-term obligations | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 2,301 | - | - | - | 404 |
Non-current assets obtained through long-term obligations | |||||||||
13,053 | 7,092 | 3,564 | 2,299 | 3,264 | - | - | - | 6,456 | 1,512 |
Bargain purchase gain | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,975 | - |
Notes payable, liabilities assumed and holdbacks to sellers | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -1,737 | 648 |
Landfill | |||||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets expense | |||||||||
7,711 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Acquisition [Member] | |||||||||
Additions to property, plant and equipment | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | 2,633 | - | - | - | - |
Landfills | |||||||||
Proceeds from property insurance settlement | |||||||||
0 | 3,506 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |