Trash Re: W. on the Environment L3

[Kevin Tarr]

I've wondered if any economists have figured some ratio of garbage prices to
the number of people who illegally dump trash. The small town I'm from has
private haulers and you either had to buy a sticker for your bag or buy
special bags. When the prices went up last year, and it was small $12 - 30 a
year, the trash dumped seemed enormous. The local paper has an anonymous
letters page. The hate that was spewed against the trash companies, you'd
have thought they'd gold plated their trucks and were lighting cigars with
$100 bills.

The recycling program is run by the county. You have to take your trash to
the bins. The county saw a drop in volume after the garbage prices
increased. No obvious reason for it.

Kevin Tarr
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