landÑll and transfer station acquisitions and development we have the opportunity to increase our waste
internalization rate and further integrate our operations. By further integrating operations in existing
markets through acquisitions and development of landÑlls and transfer stations, we may be able to
reduce our disposal costs.
‚ Economies of Scale, Cost EÇciencies and Asset Utilization. To improve operating margins, our
management focuses on achieving economies of scale and cost eÇciencies. The consolidation of
acquired businesses into existing operations reduces costs by decreasing capital and expenses used for
routing, personnel, equipment and vehicle maintenance, inventories and back-oÇce administration.
Generally, we consolidate our acquired administrative centers to reduce our general and administrative
costs. Our goal is to maintain our selling, general and administrative costs in the range of 10% of
revenue, which we feel is appropriate given our existing business platform. In addition, our size allows
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