On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Jacky Foo wrote:
>
> To me garbage removal (and processing) has become a service that is not
> sustaining itself economically because the government isnt charging enough.
> If a system of additional charge is imposed on people who dont sort their
> wastes, I believe you will see a quick change.

Additional charges may work in well managed cities that have the capacity
to collect charges, levy fines.  But let us remember that many cities in
some parts of the world cannot regularly collect basic fees such as rates,
electricity charges, etc from a percentage of the population.  Most do not
have any fees for solid waste collection, although these are developing.
Can such cities effectively levy charges for not sorting their wastes?  I
don't think they are near to that yet.

Chris Furedy