Editorial

摘要

Several papers in this issue of Waste Management & Research pertain either directly or indirectly to the cost of providing municipal solid waste (MSW) management services. This got me thinking that each citizen must pay, either through user fees, taxes, or their own labour and time, for even the most basic solid waste man-rnagement services, because MSW does not take care of itself. Yet fees for most municipal services are generally regressive; that is, less affordable by those with lower incomes.