In the first few days after the Northridge earthquake, as home and business owners struggled to clean up the tons of debris left by the earthquake, waste hauler Waste Management Inc. increased its price to supply large trash containers and dump the waste by almost 50 percent.
The Oak Brook, Ill.-based company, which is the largest waste company, which is the largest waste company in the U.S., was initially quoting $440 for a four-ton trash container, up from its pre-earthquake price ...