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Paying for Waste Disposal Challenges in MSW Managemt!nt
What Are the Choices? . More garbage to collect and dispose
Tax Base . Higher costs of collection services
General Fund . Limited municipal budgets
Flat Fee . Public-sector pressure to more
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User Fee
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"3E" Benefits of Pay-As~YQu~Throvv How PAYT Programs Work
" . Environmental . Pay for MSW service based on
Sustainabllity: garbage thrown out
Effectively promotes . Pay for waste like a utility
waste reduction
. Economic Stability: . Residents only pay for what
Stable revenue covers
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Types of PAYTPrograms Environmental Research Results
I. Conso ."Idools P'Y high" fe" . Duke University National Study
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· Bags: Residents pay .a - 14 to 27% average waste reduction
a fe.e for garbage bags - 32 to 59% Increase in recycling
/~. Stickers: Residents pay for - 19% found slight Increase In Illegal
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EPA ToolslTechnical Asslstilijc:e
What is EPA doing to support PAYT? · PAYT helps reduce the greenhouse gas
emissions associated with making,
. Tool kit, PAYT Video, Fact sheets, distributing, and disposing of products.
Testimonials, Guidebook . If 20Qrnoff:! communities adopted PAYT
. Technical assistance workshops in cities and re(iuced waste by 20%, greenhouse
across the U.S~ f';,-, gas emissions would be cut by 3.8 million
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Growth inPAYT Programs San Jose, California
Start Date Prc;lm. Tyoe Container
6000 850,000 July 1993 Four-Sort Cans
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~~~~ . .,. !1 . Before PAYT: Unlimited collection for $12,50/month.
30001 liil'...'...... ~............ ~~mb.r 0 Before PAYT: Three 32-gallon gar.bage cans/week.
;~~~ :-~" Communities . City reduced costs by over $4 millionfyear.
1500 ~ ~j . 87% of residents use the 32-gallon size container.
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50~ ............'L"L<LQ.~ ~ 0 Recyclables/yard trimmings double pre-PAYT level.
65 70 75 80 85 90 9S 0 . Residents happy with program
(80% approval In 1993,90% In 1996),
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Examples of U.S. City Savings PAYT Growing in the U.S.
. Wilmington, NC- $400,000 (~:~ . More than 5,000
(Population: 75,000) per year '"L, If communities in U.S. practice
. Littleton, NH- $40,000 In extra funds PAYT
(Population: 5,800) with PAYT . Cities large and small, rural
. Gainesville, FL- $186,200 savings and urban
(Population: 96,000) , I
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. San Jose, CA- reduced cost by $4 populations above 100,000
(Population: 850,000) million annually practice PAYT
Map of PAYT Communities Large Cities and PAYT
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Portland, OR 437,319 50% (1996)
Seattle 516,259 44% (1996)
Worcester, MA 169,759 54% (1996)
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What People Say about PAYT Lessons Learned from PAYT
Approval from elected officials to
environmental groups and residents . Economic. Incentives encourage behavioral
. PAYT offers "a direct economic payback to changes
the people"-San Jose elected official . Treating MSW services as a utility -
. High recycling rates in cities correlates you pay for what you use
with PAYT . Win-win: high recycling rate and
. Surveys indicate residential approval economic stability
. Positive changes In consumer
behavior
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San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington
population Start Date PrQm. Tvpe Container Population Start Date Prom. Tvee Container
723,959 1900s Variable Cans 516,259 1981 Variable Cans
. PAYT program one of the oldest in the country. . City offers 10, 20, 30, 60, or 90-gallon cans.
. 1999: City recycling rate 42%. . City uses totes, semi-automated collection for
. "Fantastic 3" program: three 32-gallon carts. containers over 30 gallons.
. First program to collect food scraps at curbside. . 25% of resident use 20-gallon cans.
. All apartment buildings have access to PAYT. . Water/trash bills issued jointly:
City pays for trash, shuts off water.
Austin, Texas Vancouver, Washington
Start Date Prom. Tyee Container Start Date Prom. Tyee Container
465,622 1991 Variable Cans 69,000 1990 Variable Cans
.2000: Recycling rate 28.5%. . Second-can rate 84% greater than first can.
. 1991 (program began): Recycling rate 9.8%. . 500 residents switched to the mini-can.
. Switch to fully automated, one-person crews. . Weekly recycling costs $3.10/month.
. Residents can use 30-, 60-, or 90-gallon carts. . Set out 96 gallons of yard debris: $5.55jmonth.
. Excess garbage placed in bag with $2 sticker. . City exceeded 50% recycling goal by 1995.
. Bags without stickers charged $4/untagged bag.
Portland, Maine Wilmington, North Carolina
Start Date Prom. Tvee Container Start Date Prgm. Tvpe Container
1999 Variable Bags 64,513 1992 Two-tiered Cans
. Residents purchase bags for $0.68 each. . Combat Illegal dumping: City used newspapers,
. Pre-PAYT: No curbside recycling; recycling rate 7%. radio, and 1V.
. After PAYT: Recycling rate now 35%. . Citizen focus groups gathered support.
. Waste decreased by 80-100 tons/week. . 40-, 90-gallon roll-out carts collect waste weekly.
. City set up Q&A hotline before program began. . Biweekly pickup or stickers for overfiow available.
. Increase: 10% recyclables, 40% yard debris.