My assumption is that the mafia plays a decisive role in determining the destination of
collected municipal waste in order to gain profit from illegal disposal, and that, by doing so, it behaves as a (bad) alternative provider of a public service.
Not exact matches
That is,
collect, treat and dispose of
municipal and industrial
waste in the most efficient and environmentally sound manner.
As a result, rainwater bounces off and
collects as runoff, picking up impurities — including infectious bacteria from animal
waste as well as harmful pesticides and fertilizers — on the way to
municipal storm sewers, which in turn eventually empty out into local bodies of water.
In many cities, local or
municipal initiatives exist to
collect household
waste and organic refuse from vegetable markets and agro-industries in order to produce compost or animal feed, but one can also find urban farmers who use fresh organic
waste (which may cause environmental and health problems).
«We
collected waste from 500 houses to make compost in a
municipal corporation park.