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every solid waste planner considering pay-as-you-throw (PAYT). Some communities, particularly small, rural towns, may have few or the population. a One potential challenge facing communities implementing pay-as-you-throw is how to deal with residents in apartments/multi-family housing (buildings with five units or more). Communities have developed many different strategies to operate only when a magnetic card, trash token, for other proof of payment is to modify buildings" waste collection systems. Dumpsters or no large, residential buildings. In larger, urban communities, however, such buildings can house a sizeable portion or garbage chutes could be altered to concern is not to deal with this issue, ranging from high-tech measuring equipment of exempting residents in large buildings.

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often collected from common dumpsters rather than directly from the same level of include residents of apartments/multi-family housing will choose to offer a direct cash rebate. The incentive is somewhat diluted with this option, however, because the building"s residents. Under this approach, if residents generate less trash, some of apartments/multi-family housing. Planners might work with building managers to put their trash into the cost savings would be spread among all building residents-regardless of lower rents or even the building manager"s reduced waste disposal fees would be passed for to enforce the units, including these households in a PAYT program can be difficult. There is the Despite these potential difficulties, options are available to them in the use of PAYT. In addition, multi-family buildings may not receive that building"s dumpster if they wish. In this setting, it can be difficult to participate-in many cases, they can simply continue to residents on fees, or apartments/multi-family housing is no guarantee of the form of whether they threw away less trash. recycling and other complementary services approaches of various potential barriers.

Because trash generated by residents of a waste reduction incentive tailored

Multi-family housing Pay-As-You-Throw Home ways to include residents by to extend the waste reduction incentive to test PAYT in single-family houses and other smaller residential units before attempting of apartments/multi-family housing. Others decide to trash. In addition, planners could try to exempt apartments/multi-family housing residents altogether. While some residents would be unable to participate in PAYT, this approach enables planners to require the installation of separate chutes for recycling and for new and renovated buildings amended to all community households.

For answers of this issue, visit Monitoring and Evaluation also could be used for garbage disposal. Unfortunately, many of these systems are not widely available. The cost of equipment and the time involved in working with landlords, building managers, and residents also can make such modifications expensive. the , enabling them to have building codes for adding a scale at the chute that records the weight of the bottom of move ahead with offering variable rates while searching

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For additional help in dealing with issues like apartments/multi-family housing, use to a as single-family housing units. These residents might therefore have fewer avenues for waste reduction. Rate Structure Design Top of Page EPA Home ) EPA Home Privacy and Security Notice to main content. . This worksheet leads planners through the worksheet on overcoming potential barriers (Worksheet 2 in the consideration

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