PAYT Publications

Documents

• N.C.Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA) PAYT Fact Sheet - (PDF format) An overview of PAYT or unit-based pricing that discusses different types of PAYT programs and the advantages and disadvantages of each. 
• EPA PAYT Bulletin - A quarterly newsletter designed to help solid waste planners and others get the latest pay-as-you-throw news and events.
• Variable Rate Based Systems in Georgia - A collection of case studies on Georgia's different PAYT programs,  including contact information and basic program outlines.  

Articles

• EPA site for PAYT Articles and Studies - Expanding database covering many PAYT issues and concerns.
• "How do variable cost pricing techniques affect disposal volume and costs?" Results of an empirical study of the affects of unit-based systems in Maine conducted by the Smith Policy Center. Twenty-nine of the 50 municipalities in the state, which have adopted related programs, were analyzed relative to a "control" group of communities that maintain traditional flat rates.
• Pay As You Throw - Implementing Volume-based Solid Waste Fees - Overview of options, barriers and implementation of unit-based pricing systems.
• "How to Succeed with Pay as you Throw" - BioCycle Magazine Dec. 1998 - Highlighting how communities across the country are reducing residential solid waste volumes and costs — and boosting recycling rates — through unit-based pricing.
• "Pay as you Throw Pricing Relieves Burden on Landfills"  InSites, a quarterly newsletter that highlights the projects of the Waste Management Research and Education Institute (WMREI) of The University of Tennessee
• Article from Chatham County Journal - regarding possibility of starting PAYT in this county by John D. McSween, chairman of the Chatham County Solid Waste Advisory Committee
• Citizen Discussion of possible PAYT program in Chatham County