You need to understand the difference between correlation and causality. Waste disposal prices didn't increase because of increased competition or privitisation; waste disposal prices increased because landfills are filling and closing, and regulations are becoming stricter and stricter. In fact, one could argue that such regulation is making the industry less competitive! Which isnt necessarily a bad thing but certainly different from naively implying competition by itself can raise prices. Competition is defined as greater supply to help satisfy demand: demand for telecommunications and housing has never been so high, and the increase in demand outstrips/ed the increase in supply. Prices rise because of this, not because of a correlation with increased privatisation.
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