Wellington-Winter Revisited: The Case of Municipal Sanitation Collection

ILR Review ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda N. Edwards ◽  
Franklin R. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solid Waste Collection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Unions ◽  
Residential Solid Waste ◽  
Public Collection

This study examines the hypothesis advanced by Wellington and Winter that public sector unions have greater power than private sector unions to raise wages. To test this hypothesis the authors use a unique body of 1974 data on several aspects of residential solid waste collection in 175 cities, 95 with public collection systems and 80 with private systems. In both groups of cities some work forces are unionized and some are not. The authors' analysis shows that unionization raises the wages of sanitation workers in the public sector by considerably more than it raises the wages of such workers in the private sector, thus providing strong support for the Wellington-Winter thesis.

Cost of Residential Solid Waste Collection

1971 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 563-568
Author(s):  
Robert M. Clark ◽  
Betty L. Grupenhoff ◽  
George A. Garland ◽  
Albert J. Klee
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solid Waste Collection ◽  
Residential Solid Waste

scholarly journals Public-Private Sector Involvement in Providing Efficient Solid Waste Management Services in Nigeria

Recycling ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olukanni ◽  
Nwafor
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right ◽  
Private Sector Involvement

This paper reviews the partnership between the public and the private sectors in providing efficient solid waste management (SWM) services. While the responsibility of providing SWM services lies with the public sector, the sector has not been able to meet the demand for efficient service delivery, especially in developing countries. In a bid to increase efficiency and lower costs incurred in rendering these services, the involvement of the private sector has been sought. With a focus on major Nigerian cities, partnerships between the local government and private operators in SWM have been analysed based on the level to which the partnership has improved the SWM services. This paper provides an understanding that the success of any public-private partnership relies on the extent to which all stakeholders perform their duties. If the public sector is slack in monitoring and supervising the activities of the private operators, the latter may focus on profit generation while neglecting efficient service delivery. Also, legislation is an important part of SWM. Without the right legislation and enforcement, waste generators will not be mandated to dispose their waste properly. The public sector as a facilitator is responsible for creating an environment for private operators to function, particularly through legislation, enforcement and public sensitization.

scholarly journals A Study of the Relationships between the Characteristics of the Village Population Structure and Rural Residential Solid Waste Collection Services: Evidence from China

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sha Cao ◽  
Dingde Xu ◽  
Shaoquan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solid Waste Collection ◽  
Structure Characteristics ◽  
Residential Solid Waste ◽  
The Village ◽  
Village Population

Based on survey data collected in 2016 from 100 villages across five provinces in China, this paper uses binary logistic model to explore the main factors related to the supply and quality of rural residential solid waste collection (RRSWC) services, especially focusing on the role of village population structure characteristics. It is indicated from the results that village population structure characteristics are significantly correlated with RRSWC services; specifically: (1) the total registered population of village households is significantly positively correlated with the supply of RRSWC services, however, the correlation between the registered population and the quality of RRSWC services is negative and the more the labors working and living outside the village, the less likely the village is to provide RRSWC services; (2) the villagers’ educational levels and RRSWC services show no significant correlativity at the present stage; (3) the preferential policies brought by population structure advantage play a positive role in the supply of RRSWC services but is not clearly related to the quality of RRSWC services, especially in the villages with a larger minority population. In addition, the study finds that, the economic development level of a village and the characteristics of village leaders are also positively correlated with the supply and quality of RRSWC services and; the natural and traffic conditions have no significant correlation with RRSWC services. This study can act as a reference for the further promotion of the development of RRSWC services in China.

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