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To: E_K_S who wrote (5405)	8/12/2010 2:34:24 PM
From: Steve Felix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

Hi EKS. From where I sit, the industry is still very fragmented. Many municipalities are now seeking out city or township wide rates for garbage collection and recycling. Our township was to go with WM, but a local waste outfit, with there own dump, I suspect grandfathered in somehow from the dark ages, got enough people to vocalize concerns, and we were left to each pick our own, with no bills going down. Sooner or later they will have to pay "the man", who around here will be WM. I have been surprised that WM hasn't won all bids, using their scale to squeeze more, but I imagine there are bigger fronts to make that fight on at the moment. For the record, we have WM. $200 a year for six bags a week, ( no option for less as we generally have two ) and no recycling.