> The surplus ε shrinks as the waste management company gains more control of the process. With sufficient control, ε can even go negative. > The net result is

> The surplus ε shrinks as the waste management company gains more control of the process. With sufficient control, ε can even go negative. > The net result is that you have not created surplus for yourself. You have just found someone to transfer the surplus to. That's a good argument for bigger governments instead of a governments hiring private entities whose only goals are to capture surplus :).