blake murphy wrote:

> On 10 Aug 2009 21:10:56 GMT, Default User wrote:

> > That's another new thing, we used to be able to choose our own
> > hauler. I was a little ticked off at first by the single provider,
> > but I have to say that it's actually cheaper now and includes
> > single-stream recycling, which I didn't have before. My weekly
> > amount of non-recyclable trash is so small that I just put a
> > plastic "tall can" bag in the kitchen trash, then put that out on
> > regular trash day.

> what!?!?! free-market competition was not the best solution?! say it
> ain't so!

I was a bit surprised that the deal was significantly better. The main
reason given for going to a single provider was to reduce traffic on
the streets from trucks, and to get everybody complying with the
county's new recycling mandate.




Brian

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