Waste Management Accrued Capping Closure Post Closure And Environmental Costs Noncurrent increased by 4.7% to $3.28B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 7.5%, from $3.05B to $3.28B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Accrued Capping Closure Post Closure And Environmental Costs Noncurrent shows an upward trend with a 8.1% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase suggests higher future environmental obligations or expansion of landfill capacity, while a decrease may indicate completed remediation or revised cost estimates.
This represents the long-term estimated financial obligations for the final capping, closure, and ongoing monitoring of...
Standard for waste management firms; peers will report similar environmental remediation liabilities based on regulatory requirements.
other_accrued_capping_closure_post_closure_and_environme_4723b9| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $2.30B | $2.35B | $2.37B | $2.41B | $2.43B | $2.44B | $2.70B | $2.73B | $2.73B | $2.73B | $2.89B | $2.91B | $2.94B | $2.97B | $3.05B | $3.08B | $3.09B | $3.13B | $3.28B |
| QoQ Change | — | +2.0% | +1.2% | +1.5% | +0.7% | +0.4% | +10.8% | +1.1% | +0.2% | -0.3% | +5.9% | +0.8% | +0.8% | +1.0% | +2.8% | +1.1% | +0.2% | +1.5% | +4.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +5.5% | +3.9% | +13.8% | +13.3% | +12.7% | +11.9% | +7.0% | +6.7% | +7.4% | +8.7% | +5.5% | +5.8% | +5.1% | +5.6% | +7.5% |