Just Compensation

When a local government, whether it is a city or a county, decides to annex an area and provide solid waste collection services to its new residents, private sector haulers will lose their customers. And they won’t be compensated for their lost business or their lost investment in labor and equipment. This can also happen when a local government decides to enter the solid waste business on its own and displace private sector haulers. To ensure that private sector companies are fairly compensated for business taken from them as a result of government intervention, NSWMA and its members support “just compensation” or “hauler displacement legislation.” For more information, see our Research Bulletin “Just Compensation and Hauler Displacement.”