Other Related Information:

• SMART BET Calculator (Saving Money and Reducing Trash Benefit Evaluation Tool): An Excel-based spreadsheet that calculates the potential greenhouse gas and cost savings related to typical changes in recycling and disposal that result from implementing SMART. Users input basic information about how their community’s trash is managed. US EPA, 2010.
• Variable Rate Pricing (aka unit-based pricing) Guide and Sample Ordinance for Municipalities [PDF]: Act 148, Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law requires all municipalities and private trash haulers in Vermont implement Unit-Based Pricing for all residences. Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC), 2015, 12 pages.
• Increasing Recycling Now! Implementing Recycling and Pay As You Throw (PAYT) Ordinances, Legislation, or Contracting. Practical Guide and Model Language [PDF]: Information applicable to curbside pick-up, particularly to extend PAYT to private (subscription) haulers. Lisa A. Skumatz, Ph.D. and Juri Freeman, 2008, 30 pages.