Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate pricing or pay-as-you-waste. Many cities and towns around the world, ...

Local governments across the U.S. handle waste management, funding it through taxes and user fees. Until 2018, the U.S. exported huge quantities of recyclable materials, primarily to China. Then China ...

The company will be hosting a job fair Thursday, July 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Germantown. A news release says starting pay is $15.75 an hour to be a sorter and $16.75 to be a senior sorter. Basic ...

This article by Lily Baum Pollans, Hunter College is republished here with permission from The Conversation. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, ...

Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate pricing or pay-as-you-waste. Many cities and towns around the world, ...