Parties more cautious about privatizing services
Source: Jim Johnson, Waste News, May 2006
The movement of solid waste management from municipal to private hands continues to occur, but not nearly at the pace it once did. Privatization -- when a local government essentially decides to get out of the trash business to one degree or another -- is taking place at a pace that´s held steady in recent years, said John Skinner, executive director and CEO the Solid Waste Association of North America.