Re: Region 5 AGM
Originally Posted by
bighornbob
Don't live in the area but kind of work in the solid waste field. I always find it curious that people argue for free landfill fees. It costs a lot of money to run a landfill or recycling depot so it should be a user pay system and not a tax problem. If a person create little garbage and recycling a lot why should he bear the cost of higher taxes for people that throw everything away.
And just to let you know, even when items are free to dispose of at a landfill (tires, metal, washers, dryers, stoves, car batteries etc) they still get dumped in the woods. Pigs that only care about themselves will still dump regardless of a fee or not.
BHB
Economic incentives. This one truly is a challenging problem.
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