Private Sector Involvement in Urban Solid Waste Collection

This book exposes the inefficiencies in private sector provision and lack of capacity of Local Governments to deal with solid waste collection. The book will be essential for students, researchers and practitioners involved in areas such as policy, markets, local governments, environmental sanitation, and solid waste management. The book provides investigation into policy gaps and practice of the evolving private sector involvement in solid waste collection in a developing country context. It also deals with how capacity of public and private sectors, and regulation of the private sector influence private sector performance. The book provides practical solutions for both public and private sectors in developing countries to deal with the problems of solid waste collection and management.