
17. Trashed
Freakonomics Radio
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Pay as You Trash - A New Revenue Stream
Pay as you throw puts a price tag on every garbage bag, and it tosses all those free riders off the trash bus. When people start paying for everything they throw away, their trash behavior changes. 20 years ago, fewer than 200 communities in the US had it. Now, we're up to 7,000, about 25% in the country.
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