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shared by Chris Li on 24 May 11 - No Cached

contract-out garbage collection for half of the City of Toronto as soon as possible as the first step to outsourcing everything we can by next year.
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Much of the rationale for contracting-out is that private waste collection will save the city many millions of dollars.   However, these figures are based on misinformation and distorted statistics. 
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Toronto’s costs in 2009 were $72.22 per tonne.  Costs for Mississauga and Brampton as part of the Peel regional municipality were $106.79 per tonne.  Vaughan’s costs were $168.40 per tonne.   The other regional municipalities also had higher costs: Durham at $85.74 per tonne and Halton at  $86.79 per tonne.
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costs for residents of Toronto for private waste collection will increase by at least 20% a year or more than $6 milllion per year and could be 50% or $16 million higher. 
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From their estimates they claimed that Toronto could save $49 million per year from contracting-out all its waste collection. 
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they used an econometric technique called “fixed effects regression” which effectively engineered the results they were looking for.  
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“The most recent studies have found no difference in costs.  Cost savings from privatization erode over time….”.
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