PAYT Links, Tools and Resources

EPA

North Carolina

South Carolina

Other Tools

Associations and Groups:

Air and Waste Management Association

Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials

Carolina Recycling Association

Institute for Local Self-Reliance- a nonprofit research and educational organization that provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies.

Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries – information on different materials that can be recycled combined with uses, reasons and justification for recycling

International City and County Management Association

International Solid Waste Association

Environmental Industry Association

Northeast Recycling Council - NERC's mission is to ensure the long-term viability of recycling in the Northeast while maximizing its full environmental and economic benefits.Linked to recycling data and information for 10 NE states.

SERA (Skumatz Economic Research Associates) - Resource Guide for Pay As You Throw

Solid Waste Association of North America

Tellus Institute - Sustainable Communities Group, Solid Waste Management Program - this group provides research, planning,analysis and computer modeling to support cost-effective and environmentally sound integrated waste management and policies.

EPA:

Climate Change and Waste Web site  

Municipal Solid Waste Page  

Global Warming Web site  

EPA's Full Cost Accounting Web site

 

North Carolina:

State of North Carolina

N.C. Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance

N.C. Division of Waste Management

South Carolina:

State of South Carolina

S.C. Recycling Market Development Advisory Council 

S.C. Division of Solid Waste Planning and Recycling

S.C. Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling   

Rate Structure Design - Setting Rates for a Pay As You Throw Programs (PDF): This rate-setting booklet helps decision-makers understand and work through the different approaches to developing a pricing structure for their pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) program. Section I outlines the general steps involved in rate-setting, or rate structure design, and discusses the three types of PAYT pricing structures (proportional, variable and multi-tiered) in detail. Then, in Sections II and III, readers can learn about two different methods for setting PAYT rates: using data from comparable communities and building from your community's own data using a targeted six-step process. 

DPPEA’s Recycling Markets Directory  - This directory is produced by the N.C. Recycling Business Assistance Center (RBAC) within the DPPEA, to serve as a resource and useful tool in finding markets for recyclable materials.  

Warm Software (724K): WARM is a Microsoft Excel 5.0 spreadsheet application that helps solid waste planners and organizations estimate and voluntarily report greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions from several different waste management practices. This version of WARM includes updated emission factors and should be used in place of those found in the published report in cases of differences. You need Microsoft Excel (version 5.0 or newer) to run this spreadsheet. To use this spreadsheet: 1) save warm.exe to your hard drive; 2) run warm.exe; and, 3) open the warm.xls file in Microsoft Excel. 

Warm Guide (294K PDF): A brief guide that will help you get up and running with the WARM software. For optimal printing of this PDF file, deselect the option "Use Printer's Halftone Screen" (if available) in your print dialog box before you send the document to print.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Management of Selected Materials in the Municipal Solid Waste Stream (1.1 MB PDF): This report integrates, for the first time, a wealth of information on GHG implications of various municipal solid waste management options – source reduction, recycling, composting, combustion and landfilling. The report provides GHG emission factors for the following items: newspaper, office paper, corrugated cardboard, aluminum cans, steel cans glass containers, plastic (HDPE, LDPE and PET), food scraps, yard trimmings, mixed municipal solid waste, mixed recyclables and mixed paper.