The link also mentions the possibility that this is what pissed off Somalis and spurred the takeoff of piracy. (Not trying to justify it, please flame me for the right reason.)
> Isn't their "higher efficiency" of waste disposal due to the fact they just dump it into the ocean rather than doing it properly?
That is the "lower prices" part. The higher efficiency is due to the fact that the other legally-run companies are often hindered in their daily tasks by these organisations. In the last few years Italy has seen: fake strikes organised by bribed union leaders, waste treatment plants accidentally burned, key managers being forced to resign over "personal matters"…
You do not need to be that more efficient if you can make the others much less efficient.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste_dumping_by_th...
The link also mentions the possibility that this is what pissed off Somalis and spurred the takeoff of piracy. (Not trying to justify it, please flame me for the right reason.)