Advantages
* Word the survey questions in a neutral manner to prevent respondents from being biased to a particular response;
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Analysis
Data entry and analysis.
Select a computer spreadsheet software system that has the capacity to sort data into various components.
Establish quality control checks to assure that the data is properly entered.
In analyzing consumer survey data, establish a standard rate of collection, such as once per week.
Also, convert all prices/collection charge.
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Categories
The MPCA established four container categories: 30-, 60- and 90-gallon container sizes and an unlimited container size category.
Once the data was sorted by container size, each container category was sorted into two geographic regions: the metropolitan area (Twin Cities and surrounding counties) and Greater Minnesota (remaining counties).
Once the.
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Content
As a public institution, the MPCA is required to handle all information as public information unless it falls into a protected category.
Data that falls into a protected category includes any data that if made public would adversely affect a private company's competitive position.
Recognizing the sensitive nature of private firms' revenue and expen.
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Cost
One problem prevails in solid waste management: the difference between what residents pay for MSW services and what it actually costs.
The difference between the price and the true cost represents the amount a product or service is subsidized.
Subsidized costs can hinder industry competition and eventually lead to higher prices for a product or ser.
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Definitions
Define terms.
Define the terms that will be used in the report to ensure universal understanding.
The MPCA defined consumer prices, solid waste management costs, collection costs, processing and disposal costs, government program costs and subsidy.
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Effects
Tighter budgets and other economic realities have taken a toll on local governments that are trying to meet financial assurance requirements at landfills and provide recycling, waste reduction and yard waste composting programs.
At the same time, citizens are increasingly voicing concern for the high cost of solid waste management.
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Environment
To encourage such practices, the Minnesota Legislature has allocated financial and technical support.
As a result, approximately one-third of MSW in Minnesota is recycled; one-third is composted and incinerated; and one-third is landfilled.
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Example
In a perfect world, solid waste management would operate economically.
In reality, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is tackling this issue by evaluating the pricing structure of solid waste management.
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Funding
To supplement tipping fees at publicly-owned municipal solid waste (MSW) facilities, subsidies can be used.
These subsidies may include taxes, service charges and grants.
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How much does a solid waste management plant cost?
You will want to have the largest one, the solid waste management plant cost will be several hundred thousand dollars.
However, it is possible to make millions of dollars off of these plant while you own them, especially when you have considerable access to large quantities of these materials.
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If you do not have a ..
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How much does it cost to dump at landfill?
The cost to dump at a landfill is usually around $50 if you do it yourself.
If you hire a professional, expect to spend $70 to $150 on an average size load.
Secondly, do you have to pay to take stuff to the dump? .
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How much does waste management cost a month?
You can expect to pay anywhere from $20 to $80 per month, depending on where you live, regardless of how you are billed.
Why Is My Waste Management Bill So High? .
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Key
* Format the survey to include adequate space for respondents' answers; * Select a legible type style.
A curvy type or one that is too small may not be as effective;
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Ownership
Approximately 85 percent of Minnesota's processing and disposal facilities are now owned by counties.
The transfer to public facility ownership has increased price subsidies.
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Projects
Develop surveys.
Work with a group of people when preparing a survey.
The MPCA developed four surveys with the help of a review committee made up of various MSW professionals.
The four surveys included one consumer price survey and three revenue and expense surveys: a collection cost survey, a MSW processing and disposal facilities cost survey (inc.
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Resources
The MPCA took a census approach, which surveys the entire population, to gather revenue and expense data from processing and disposal facilities and county governments.
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Statistics
The MPCA calculated both geographic region and container weighted averages.
Weighted averages factor in the proportion of responses from a category, making the larger responses count for more of the total.
For example, given 65 responses from the metropolitan area and nine responses from Greater Minnesota, a weighted average container price for onc.
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Summary
Contributing Factors Over the past 10 years, solid waste management costs in Minnesota and the rest of the nation have increased dramatically (see Figure I on page 42).
Regulations and legislative policies that aim to incorporate the true costs of solid waste management into consumer prices are partially responsible for the increase.
These policies.
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Terminology
Externalities are another form of a hidden subsidy.
Externalities, for example, derive from landfill costs that were never factored into disposal prices.
This includes contaminated surface water and groundwater cleanup costs; the costs to provide long-term care for landfill property and to monitor wells for contaminant release; and past-due environ.
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Types
Available Subsidies Within the solid waste management sector there are many different types of subsidies.
Some subsidies are easily identifiable; others are hidden and difficult to assess.
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Usage
Information presentation.
Use different terms throughout the report so people will relate easier to the data results.
The MPCA, for example, stated consumer prices in terms of a percent of the state's gross domestic product, price per capita and as a percent of average household income.
Also, use confidential data cautiously so individual facilitie.
