New pricing system helps small town slash its garbage output

New pricing system helps small town slash its garbage output

When Plympton, Massachusetts started charging by the bag for trash, it nearly halved the town’s garbage — and saved thousands of dollars in the process.Tik Root reports for Grist.In short:Plympton cut its annual trash output from 640 to 335 tons after shifting from a flat-fee dump sticker to a “pay-as-you-throw” model charging per bag.The new pricing system incentivized recycling and composting, saving the town about $65,000 a year and reducing …