UNIT VIII CASE STUDY

Research an article related to the privatization of solid waste management within a city in the United States or another country. You can utilize resources relating to the topic from your textbook, online journal articles,, and/or Internet resources. (Please note that Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference source for academic papers.)

Analyze the issue of privatization in solid waste management. Outline the current debate between public and private ownership operation in solid waste management. Some options to keep in mind while researching this topic should include the following:

1. Can you argue for or against the privatization of solid waste management?

2. Does privatization improve service quality or reduce cost?

3. How are compactness, road network integrity, collection cost, and regional proximity taken into account when a community decides on whether or not to privatize their solid waste management facility or keep it public?

4. Do you believe that this promotes a competitive bidding market in communities?

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Describe your thoughts in detail regarding the subject.

The completed assignment must be a minimum of three pages in length, not including the title page and reference list. The entire assignment must be written following APA style guidelines. Therefore, APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing and listing of sources are to be followed. A minimum of three references are to be used.