On Tuesday and Wednesday City Council will debate a garbage privatization plan that backers claim will save taxpayers $8 million a year. Groups such as the Toronto Environmental Alliance have argued the savings would be lower than advertised but the public works committee last month voted in favour of the idea of contracting out curbside garbage and recycling collection from Etobicoke’s east border to Yonge Street. As is often the case, the “cost” as opposed to the “saving” of a propsition like this is clouded by political smoke. Do estimates include, for example, the cost of your time disposing of your garbage when there is a work stoppage?
