The new pay-as-you-throw program in Wellfleet, Mass., has saved money, cut solid waste, and increased recycling in its first three months, the Town Administrator says in a report to the town board. http://www.capecodtimes.com/article//20140328/NEWS/403280328
To mark six months of pay-as-you-throw, officials in Eliot, Maine, release figures showing a 59% drop in solid waste volume and a projected annual disposal fee savings of more than $23,000. http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140317-NEWS-403170353
An article on the website Earth911.com examines the increasing number of communities converting to pay-as-you-throw, with a focus on WasteZero’s model and the recent success of several WasteZero partner communities. http://www.earth911.com/eco-tech/an-inside-look-at-pay-as-you-throw-programs/
Gloucester, Mass., marks five years of bag-based pay-as-you-throw with figures showing they’ve saved more than $1 million and cut waste 29% since moving from their sticker program. http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/barney-bag-trash-savings-pegged-at-m/article_10260b92-7210-56fe-81dd-8d55d80bd011.html
In an editorial, the Cape Cod Times backs pay-as-you-throw as “the progressive trash movement.” http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20140125/OPINION/401250338
The Biddeford Journal Tribune reports on the positive results of Sanford, Maine’s, new pay-as-you-throw program at the three-month mark. http://www.journaltribune.com/news/local_stories/article_2e819cf4-7230-11e3-a3e9-0019bb2963f4.html
The town’s Public Works Director reports to the town Board of Selectmen that solid waste is down and recycling is up under pay-as-you-throw. http://www.wickedlocal.com/x919111133/-Pay-to-throw-plan-reduces-Sandwich-trash-flow-increases-recycling
A front-page story in the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette looks at the success of that city’s pay-as-you-throw program at its 20th anniversary. http://www.telegram.com/article/20131128/NEWS/311289780/1116
An article details the success of pay-as-you-throw at the program’s three-month mark. http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20131019/NEWS/310199893
The New Bedford (Mass.) Standard-Times looks at the success of pay-as-you-throw at cutting waste and helping municipal budgets in southeastern Massachusetts. http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20130928/NEWS/309280334/0/SEARCH