Pay As You Throw

SIKSUKR · 08-31-2011, 01:15 PM

In Bedford we have gone to single stream recycling. Couldn't get much easier to recycle. All paper/cardboard, glass, plastic, aluminum and tin cans. Doesn't leave a lot left to put in a landfill after I separate. I'm so trained now to use 2 containers I don't even think about what goes where.

SAMIAM · 09-01-2011, 07:32 PM

I applaud the programs in Meredith and Moultonborough (the only facilities that I am familiar with)..........they are neat and tidy,well run.Looks like you could build condo's there.
My only gripe is the big charge for appliances.Don't we all pay enough taxes to cover that cost?
Anyone on hard times is just going to dump their old fridge,dishwasher,stove,etc in the woods to avoid payment.
Someone dumped an appliance on our road last year and I happened to have my trailer on so I dragged it in and took it to Meredith transfer station recycling center aka "the dump".I explained to the attendant that it wasn't mine,but a roadside pick up.......but he had no mercy.....$15 please !

Dave R · 09-01-2011, 08:59 PM

We've had pay as you throw for a few years now. I like it because it punishes wasteful behavior.

kauriel · 09-01-2011, 11:01 PM

I'm all for programs that encourage recycling but I have noticed what appears to be high levels of littering/dumping in lower income areas of Worcester and few of the city trash bags out at curbs. For some people $5 or $10+ for a pack of trash bags is beyond their means (or what they consider important) so it seems some people overstuff bags and they break or they illegally dump & litter to minimize disposal costs.

As a Laconia taxpayer I would prefer to see more recycling programs than PAYT which very well may lead to increased litter and illegal dumping (including in our association dumpster!).

RailroadJoe · 09-02-2011, 05:52 AM

If you can afford $6.00 for a pack of butts or for a six-pack, you should be able to afford the $1.25 for a trash bag.

ITD · 09-02-2011, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by RailroadJoe

If you can afford $6.00 for a pack of butts or for a six-pack, you should be able to afford the $1.25 for a trash bag.

You're right Joe of course, unfortunately the more accurate assessment is if you are down to your last $6.00 where do you think it will go, butts or trash bags? I think we all know it will go to butts, or whatever else.

AC2717 · 09-02-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ITD

You're right Joe of course, unfortunately the more accurate assessment is if you are down to your last $6.00 where do you think it will go, butts or trash bags? I think we all know it will go to butts, or whatever else.

Well all this is good and all, it still will not change the fact that people will think and really do, already pay for this service with their taxes. Oh and by the way almost every year we come back from the winter our dumpster is packed by the phamtoms and also a friend of mine in another place is as well

fatlazyless · 03-11-2013, 11:27 PM

This thread on pay-as-you-throw trash bags in Laconia was started a couple years ago......and I thought I would ask the question......how has the P-A-Y-T purple trash bag program been working out for Laconia?

If it is good for Laconia, then will it be coming to Meredith sometime?

08-31-2011, 01:15 PM	#1
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	No brainer In Bedford we have gone to single stream recycling. Couldn't get much easier to recycle. All paper/cardboard, glass, plastic, aluminum and tin cans. Doesn't leave a lot left to put in a landfill after I separate. I'm so trained now to use 2 containers I don't even think about what goes where. __________________ SIKSUKR

03-11-2013, 11:27 PM	#8
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,801 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 301 Thanked 1,026 Times in 746 Posts	This thread on pay-as-you-throw trash bags in Laconia was started a couple years ago......and I thought I would ask the question......how has the P-A-Y-T purple trash bag program been working out for Laconia? If it is good for Laconia, then will it be coming to Meredith sometime? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

09-01-2011, 07:32 PM	#2
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,913 Thanks: 338 Thanked 1,691 Times in 594 Posts	I applaud the programs in Meredith and Moultonborough (the only facilities that I am familiar with)..........they are neat and tidy,well run.Looks like you could build condo's there. My only gripe is the big charge for appliances.Don't we all pay enough taxes to cover that cost? Anyone on hard times is just going to dump their old fridge,dishwasher,stove,etc in the woods to avoid payment. Someone dumped an appliance on our road last year and I happened to have my trailer on so I dragged it in and took it to Meredith transfer station recycling center aka "the dump".I explained to the attendant that it wasn't mine,but a roadside pick up.......but he had no mercy.....$15 please !

09-01-2011, 08:59 PM	#3
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 246 Thanked 744 Times in 444 Posts	We've had pay as you throw for a few years now. I like it because it punishes wasteful behavior.

09-01-2011, 11:01 PM	#4
kauriel Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Laconia, N. MA Posts: 290 Thanks: 119 Thanked 62 Times in 44 Posts	I'm all for programs that encourage recycling but I have noticed what appears to be high levels of littering/dumping in lower income areas of Worcester and few of the city trash bags out at curbs. For some people $5 or $10+ for a pack of trash bags is beyond their means (or what they consider important) so it seems some people overstuff bags and they break or they illegally dump & litter to minimize disposal costs. As a Laconia taxpayer I would prefer to see more recycling programs than PAYT which very well may lead to increased litter and illegal dumping (including in our association dumpster!).

09-02-2011, 05:52 AM	#5
RailroadJoe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 620 Thanks: 259 Thanked 158 Times in 100 Posts	If you can afford $6.00 for a pack of butts or for a six-pack, you should be able to afford the $1.25 for a trash bag.