Pay-As-You-Throw Program Yields Results

Recycling Today reports on the success of pay-as-you-throw in Grafton, Mass., at the program’s three-year anniversary.

http://www.recyclingtoday.com/payt-grafton-wastezero.aspx

 

Bags Cut Waste, Save City $1M

Gloucester, Mass., Mayor Carolyn Kirk speaks about the money that pay-as-you-throw has saved her city.

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/bags-cut-waste-save-city-m/article_7c0ce88c-0c1d-5494-a4ec-20f8fb7f616e.html

Pay-as-You-Throw Deemed Successful in its First Year

Sandwich, Mass., reduced its solid waste tonnage by 42% and saved $120,000 in disposal costs in the first year of its pay-as-you-throw program.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/x1298141714/-Pay-as-you-throw-deemed-successful-in-its-first-year#axzz26M7Nwjff

Tiverton, R.I., Pay-As-You-Throw Trash Program Adding Life to Landfill

With one year of pay-as-you-throw, Tiverton, R.I., has reduced trash tonnage by more than 50% and doubled the recycling rate.

http://www.heraldnews.com/x1832934498/Tivertons-Pay-As-You-Throw-trash-program-adding-life-to-landfill#ixzz21k8EF1rY