What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash

Grist
By Tik RootJun 23, 2025, 4:30 am297 ptsTop
Until a few years ago, the town of Plympton, Massachusetts was quite literally throwing away money. People were producing so much trash that it was threatening to put the municipal transfer station out of business. Under the town’s system, residents would buy a $240 sticker for their cars that allowed them…

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