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What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash (grist.org)

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[–] BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

This is how the garbage pickup worked when I lived in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. It was like $$1 each for small bags, $2 each for big bags. I think they recently switched from the blue bags to stickers. It was a nice system. My wife and I produced far less waste than a large family and we paid less.

Ironically, where I live now is completely on the opposite side of the spectrum. Garbage pickup is included in local taxes and they take anything. They take couches and large things. If I put something heavy out there I'll leave a tip for the guys.