A new solid-waste collection system is called "pay as you throw" which charges customers by the amount of trash they dispose of.
When something costs less people consume more. In this new study by noted solid-waste expert Lisa Skumatz, Reason explores the application of market-based incentives to create a fair "user-pays" waste-disposal system that encourages conservation far more effectively than traditional, cookie-cutter waste programs. "Variable-rate pricing, or pay as you throw, is a new strategy with a growing number of advocates. Under a variable-rate system, customers are provided an economic signal to reduce the waste they throw away because garbage bills increase with the volume or weight of waste they dispose. Variable-rate pricing is being adopted in thousands of communities to create incentives for additional recycling in the residential sector."
Thanks to George Passantino
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