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Re:An ‘Uber for garbage’ picks up steam, and $11.7M in Serie... by dgacmu on Thursday July 06, 2017 @05:13PM (#14714020)
Their target isn't residential collection -- it's commercial, which isn't covered by taxes in most places.
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Re:An ‘Uber for garbage’ picks up steam, and $11.7M in Serie... by jelder on Thursday July 06, 2017 @05:18PM (#14714055)
That makes it sound a lot less stupid. The Uber comparison strongly implies that it is consumer focused, and intended to privatize an existing public service (mass transit in that case).
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