Re: [greenyes] ?Efficiency of scale as it relates to number of franchise zones in a community?

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

Bob,

Let the market decide how many is efficient, by opening the system up to 
competition (see http://www.crra.com/irc/guide.html).  If there are 
concerns about having too many collectors involved in any one location, 
consider multiple semi-exclusive franchises, like we did in Hawthorne, CA 
(see http://www.cityofhawthorne.com/pwks_cref-index.htm)

Gary Liss

At 09:09 AM 5/19/2004, Minimushomines@no.address wrote:
> I live in a large County (Collier, Florida) that is developing a strategy for
> residential/comercial solid waste, and residential recycling collection
> franchise bids. The County has 91,000 curbside residential pickups. Data 
> on the
> number of multifamily and business accounts is still being processed.
>
> My question is. How can I determine how many separate "Zones" can be created
> in a given system to allows for competition and comparison yet not cause an
> increase in the cost of the programs due to inefficiency of scale?
> Thanks, Bob Krasowski, Zero Waste Collier County Group Inc.

Gary Liss
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