Commentary: A pay-as-you-throw trash system is an effective way to limit waste
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NEW YORK CITY: Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out.
NEW YORK CITY: Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out.
Pay-as-you-throw is one of local governments’ most effective tools for reducing waste and controlling waste disposal costs.
By Lily Baum Pollans, Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out.
When people have to pay for every bag of trash they throw out, they produce less waste, which is what the pay-as-you-throw…