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DEBT
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Debt And Derivatives Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT DEBT
A summary of debt is as follows:
June 30,
2025		December 31,
2024
Senior Secured Credit Facility:
Term loan A facility (“Term Loan Facility”) payable quarterly beginning in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2027 with balance due September 2029; bearing interest at 5.877% as of June 30, 2025
$800,000 $800,000 
Revolving credit facility (“Revolving Credit Facility”) due September 2029; bearing interest at term secured overnight financing rate (“Term SOFR”) plus 1.550%
— — 
Tax-Exempt Bonds:
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2014 (“New York Bonds 2014R-1”) due December 2044 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 2.875% through December 2029
25,000 25,000 
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2014R-2 (“New York Bonds 2014R-2”) due December 2044 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 3.125% through May 2026
15,000 15,000 
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2020 (“New York Bonds 2020”) due September 2050 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 2.750% through September 2025
40,000 40,000 
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2020R-2 (“New York Bonds 2020R-2”) due September 2050 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 5.125% through September 2030
35,000 35,000 
Finance Authority of Maine Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2005R-3 (“FAME Bonds 2005R-3”) paid in January 2025 - fixed rate interest period bore interest at 5.25% through January 2025
— 25,000 
Finance Authority of Maine Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2015R-1 (“FAME Bonds 2015R-1”) due August 2035 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 5.125% through July 2025
15,000 15,000 
Finance Authority of Maine Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2015R-2 (“FAME Bonds 2015R-2”) due August 2035 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 4.375% through July 2025
15,000 15,000 
Finance Authority of Maine Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2024 (“FAME Bonds 2024”) due December 2047 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 4.625% through May 2035
45,000 45,000 
Vermont Economic Development Authority Solid Waste Disposal Long-Term Revenue Bonds Series 2013 (“Vermont Bonds 2013”) due April 2036 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 4.625% through April 2028
16,000 16,000 
Vermont Economic Development Authority Solid Waste Disposal Long-Term Revenue Bonds Series 2022A-1 (“Vermont Bonds 2022A-1”) due June 2052 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 5.00% through May 2027
35,000 35,000 
Vermont Economic Development Authority Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2022A-2 (“Vermont Bonds 2022A-2”) due June 2052 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 4.375% through May 2032
25,000 — 
Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2013 (“New Hampshire Bonds”) due April 2029 - fixed rate interest period bearing interest at 2.95% through April 2029
11,000 11,000 
Other:
Finance leases maturing through December 2107; bearing interest at a weighted average of 4.7%
79,055 69,662 
Notes payable with no stated interest rate maturing through September 2028
1,463 1,500 
Principal amount of debt 1,157,518 1,148,162 
Less—unamortized debt issuance costs
14,044 14,911 
Debt less unamortized debt issuance costs1,143,474 1,133,251 
Less—current maturities of debt22,511 42,619 
$1,120,963 $1,090,632 
Credit Facility
The second amended and restated credit agreement (“Credit Agreement”) provides for a $800,000 aggregate principal amount Term Loan Facility and a $700,000 Revolving Credit Facility, with a $155,000 sublimit for letters of credit (collectively, the "Credit Facility").
We have the right to request, at our discretion, an increase in the amount of loans under the Credit Facility by an aggregate amount of $200,000, subject to further increase based on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Facility has a 5-year term that matures in September 2029. The Credit Facility shall bear interest, at our election, at Term SOFR or at a base rate, in each case plus or minus any sustainable rate adjustment of up to positive or negative 4.0 basis points per annum, plus an applicable interest rate margin based upon our consolidated net leverage ratio as follows:
Term SOFR LoansBase Rate Loans
Credit Facility
1.300% to 2.175%
0.300% to 1.175%
A commitment fee will be charged on undrawn amounts of our Revolving Credit Facility based upon our consolidated net leverage ratio in the range of 0.20% to 0.40% per annum, plus a sustainability adjustment of up to positive or negative 1.0 basis point per annum. The Credit Agreement provides that Term SOFR is subject to a zero percent floor. We are also required to pay a fronting fee for each letter of credit of 0.25% per annum. Interest under the Credit Agreement is subject to increase by 2.00% per annum during the continuance of a payment default and may be subject to increase by 2.00% per annum during the continuance of any other event of default. The Credit Facility is guaranteed jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally by all of our significant wholly-owned subsidiaries and secured by substantially all of our assets. As of June 30, 2025, further advances were available under the Revolving Credit Facility in the amount of $673,693. The available amount is net of outstanding irrevocable letters of credit totaling $26,307, and as of June 30, 2025 no amount had been drawn.
The Credit Agreement requires us to maintain a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum consolidated net leverage ratio, to be measured at the end of each fiscal quarter. In addition to these financial covenants, the Credit Agreement contains a number of important customary affirmative and negative covenants which restrict, among other things, our ability to sell assets, incur additional debt, create liens, make investments, and pay dividends. As of June 30, 2025, we were in compliance with the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement. An event of default under any of our debt agreements could permit some of our lenders, including the lenders under the Credit Facility, to declare all amounts borrowed from them to be immediately due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest, or, in the case of the Credit Facility, terminate the commitment to make further credit extensions thereunder, which could, in turn, trigger cross-defaults under other debt obligations. If we were unable to repay debt to our lenders or were otherwise in default under any provision governing our outstanding debt obligations, our secured lenders could proceed against us and against the collateral securing that debt.
Tax-Exempt Financings
In March 2025, we completed the drawdown of $25,000 aggregate principal amount of Vermont Bonds 2022A-2. In fiscal year 2024, we completed the issuance of $45,000 aggregate principal amount of FAME Bonds 2024, and $25,000 of the proceeds of such issuance were used for the repayment in full of FAME Bonds 2005R-3, which matured and were repaid in January 2025.
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
Restricted cash is included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts shown on the consolidated statements of cash flows. Beginning of period and end of period cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows is reconciled as follows:
June 30,
2025		December 31,
2024
Cash and cash equivalents$217,772 $358,303 
Restricted cash
— 25,000 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$217,772 $383,303 
Our restricted cash at December 31, 2024 consisted of cash proceeds from the issuance of the FAME Bonds 2024 restricted to be used for the repayment in full of FAME Bonds 2005R-3 on its stated maturity in January 2025.
Cash Flow Hedges
Our strategy to reduce exposure to interest rate risk involves entering into interest rate derivative agreements to hedge against adverse movements in interest rates related to the variable rate portion of our long-term debt. We have designated these derivative instruments as highly effective cash flow hedges, and therefore the change in their fair value is recorded in stockholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax and included in interest expense at the same time as interest expense is affected by the hedged transactions. Differences paid or received over the life of the agreements are recorded as additions to or reductions of interest expense on the underlying debt and included in cash flows from operating activities.
As of both June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had $515,000 notional amount of active interest rate derivative agreements outstanding. These agreements mature between February 2026 and June 2028 and provide that we receive interest based on Term SOFR, restricted by a 0.0% floor, and pay interest at a weighted average rate of approximately 3.6%.
A summary of the effect of cash flow hedges related to derivative instruments on the consolidated balance sheets follows:
Fair Value
Balance Sheet LocationJune 30,
2025		December 31,
2024
Interest rate swapsOther current assets$2,902 $3,606 
Interest rate swapsOther non-current assets1,628 4,036 
$4,530 $7,642 
Interest rate swapsOther accrued liabilities$1,471 $570 
Interest rate swapsOther long-term liabilities7,135 2,282 
$8,606 $2,852 
Interest rate swaps
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
$(4,076)$4,790 
Interest rate swaps - tax effect
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
1,121 (1,478)
$(2,955)$3,312