All over the country, municipalities have been implementing systems wherein residents pay for trash collection and disposal based on the amount that they throw away. This system, known as “pay-as-you-throw,” has been lauded for its impact on the environment. The good news for communities is that it also creates jobs, saves money, and increases local revenue.

1. Stephen Lisauskas:
Benefits of Waste
Reduction

2. About Stephen Lisauskas
An important member of the
innovative waste reduction
company WasteZero, Stephen
Lisauskas serves as vice
president of government
affairs and as regional vice
president of municipal
partnerships. As such, he
works closely with state and
local government officials to
promote cost savings in waste
disposal.

3. Benefits of Waste
Reduction
All over the country, municipalities have been
implementing systems wherein residents pay for trash
collection and disposal based on the amount that they
throw away. This system, known as “pay-as-you-throw,”
has been lauded for its impact on the environment. The
good news for communities is that it also creates jobs,
saves money, and increases local revenue.

4. Benefits of Waste
Reduction
Additionally, these benefits provide an added opportunity to
bring a community together. Revenue created by pay-as-you-
throw bag purchases is "recycled" into the community.
Furthermore, municipalities save hundreds of thousands, or
millions, of dollars in disposal costs when trash goes to
recycling instead of the landfill or incinerator. These savings
can be channeled into other local areas of need, where they
can save teachers' jobs, reduce taxes or improve public
services. Additionally, the trash that is not thrown out is
recycled, composted or reused, which creates up to six times
as many jobs, according to the Environmental Protection
Agency.