We devote significant resources to pursuing additional growth via acquisition, competitive bidding or privatization. We focus our efforts on markets that we believe provide significant growth opportunities for a well-capitalized market entrant and where we can create economic and operational barriers to entry by new competitors.
In bidding for contracts or evaluating acquisition candidates, our management team draws on its experience in the solid waste industry and knowledge of local service areas in existing and target markets. They maintain an active dialogue with numerous acquisition candidates. In addition, our local managers maintain relationships with governmental officials within their service areas, and sales representatives may be assigned to cover specific municipalities.