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Changing
the way
Americans value
trash
S-M-A-R-T
Save
Money
And
Reduce
Trash
Residents can save when they reduce the
amount of trash they produce
Unit-based Pricing Sends a Clear Message
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
PAYT
NON PAYT
600
400
200
472 916
0
Inspiration
Worcester MA
Boston Globe February 2007
49% Decrease in Residential Trash
Trash
1000
900
800
700
600
PAYT Drop off
500 PAYT Curbside
400 non-PAYT Drop off
300 non-PAYT Curbside
200
100
0
PAYT Drop PAYT non-PAYT non-PAYT
off Curbside Drop off Curbside
Average per capita Recycling up 77%
Recycling
400
350
300
250
PAYT Drop off
200 non-PAYT Drop off
150 PAYT Curbside
non-PAYT Curbside
100
50
0
PAYT Drop off non-PAYT Drop PAYT Curbside non-PAYT
off Curbside
Decrease in overall waste generation 35%
1,200
1,000
Source Reduction 35%
800
600 Recycling
Trash
400
200
0
non-PAYT PAYT
US Residential per capita Disposal
source Resource Recycling April 2008
Per capita
Residential PAYT Savings Based on
Waste National per capita
City Population Disposal Tip Fee disposal Average
Portland OR 537,081 448 71 $13,098,600
0
Per Person
Per Year
Zurich Switzerland reduced waste 41%
Europe per capita disposal
Polluter Pays Principle
1200
Per Capita
1000
800
600
200
0
Germany
Denmark
Luxembourg
Finland
Spain
Sweden
Italy
Portugal
Ireland
Greece
US
Netherlands
UK
Austria
France
Belgium
22% 14%
37% Total
Recycling
(plastic glass
Total metalpaper
78% 49%
Recycling yard waste)
(plastic glass
Source
metalpaper
Reduction
yard waste)
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000 2007
2008
800
600
400
200
0
October November December January February
Core Residential Waste
60 communities non-
66 communities PAYT
PAYT
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Jan '06
Feb '06
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Jun'07
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Oct '07
Nov '07
Town of Duxbury Solid Waste and Recycling Tonnage History
Single
Stream
Dec '07
Jan '08
Feb '08
Mar' 08
Implementation July 2007
Apr' 08
SAYT
Duxbury MA One Month After
May' 08
Solid
Waste
Recycling
Middletown Rhode Island SMART
350
300
Solid
250 Waste
200
Recycling
Tonnage
150
100
50
0
Jul-07 Aug- Sep- Oct-07 Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr-08 May- Jun- Jul-08 Aug- Sep- Oct-08
07 07 07 07 08 08 08 08 08 08 08
MSW for the
Town of Stafford, CT
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