[greenyes] WM vs THE SMALL RECYCLERS

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

John,

Thanks for mentioning Hawthorne.  We designed the system there to maximize 
competition, both during the City's procurement process, and thereafter for 
all businesses to have choices.  As a result, the City of Hawthorne, 
CA  now has 8 semi-exclusive haulers, where it only had one for the prior 
47 years.  Rates were decreased by half for most businesses in Hawthorne as 
a result, haulers are all using Clean Fuel trucks and no use of ADC is 
allowed, and all businesses are required to achieve 50% recycling and 
submit annual recycling plans to the City.

For others wanting to learn more about the new Hawthorne commercial system, 
go to: http://www.cityofhawthorne.com/pwks_cref-index.htm.  For more info 
on the procurement process, go to: 
http://www.cityofhawthorne.com/psrv_hawrcy-projindex.htm

For cities interested in fostering more open competition, the Independent 
Recyclers Council of CRRA helped publish "Open the Flow."  You can get 
copies of that from John Moore of the IRC at 510-893-6300, 
jmoore@no.address

Gary Liss

At 05:59 PM 07/24/2003 -0400, RJayW2@no.address wrote:
> One example of a community that made real strides in opening the playing 
> field to more than one company is Hawthorne, California.  Gary Liss, a 
> consultant who posts often on this listserv, can fill you in on particulars.
>
> Should our state recycling laws be amended to make it easier for open
> competition to flourish?
>
> John Waddell
> KJWB Publications Inc.
> Refuse News

Gary Liss
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