NEWSLETTERS
May 2009
The Less You Throw Away, the Less You Pay
How can you make your community more responsible for
reducing waste and preventing global climate change? How
can you help residents save money at the same time? "Pay-
As-You-Throw" (PAYT)/Save Money and Reduce Trash
(SMART) is a trash collection rate-setting system that
promotes economic savings and environmental benefits.
Environmentally conscious communities have been using this
equitable solution since the early 1900s, though it's an
approach few people know about.
According to a new national analysis sponsored by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), thousands of
communities are successfully using SMART programs in the
United States, along with communities in more than seventeen
countries abroad.
Here's how it works:
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