In Roberto Saviano's 2006 Book "Gomorrah", there's a section outlining how the Camorra makes a lot of money from collecting waste (IIRC mostly industrial) and d

In Roberto Saviano's 2006 Book "Gomorrah", there's a section outlining how the Camorra makes a lot of money from collecting waste (IIRC mostly industrial) and dumping it into illegal landfills that pollute large areas. They are obviously not quite as scrupulous about e.g. toxic substances as one would like. Of course where the cardboard ends up is probably not an issue here, as we are talking about recycling. But there are still a ton of ways an organization operating outside official contracts and regulations can cut corners to be "more efficient" than the official contractors are, and they can cut those corners in ways that have a larger negative impact on society than the upside of the trash being out of the street faster.