[quote=SK in CV]As you know probably know SDR, there are cities in SD county that don’t provide trash collection. I’m pretty sure that Poway still contracts with EDCO to provide services. A single provider, and each homeowner must pay that provider directly. I’m pretty sure that I never said there would be a price explosion, only that a single provider is more efficient. Essentially that’s what Poway has. (or at least had, it may have changed since I lived there) I suspect that residents of Poway are not paying any less than the city of San Diego does on a per residence basis. Given the two options, I’d rather have higher wages, lower corporate profit.[/quote]

Same thing in our area. We have to use Waste Management (~$40/bi-monthly).

And could not agree more WRT the higher wages for the people who do the actual work vs. paying the corporate heads and shareholders millions of dollars per year, instead.