Pay as you throw could save us money

From the sounds of it Shrewsbury's attempt at encouraging recycling appears to be an initial success.

So-called pay as you throw for garbage pickup, as I understand where each bag is charged, is in effect there.

Anyway to encourage more recycling should be done I think. It cuts down on the amount the town is charged for trash pickup and that would save us all money. The costs of removal are borne by those who have the most stuff to pick up on a bag by bag basis.

I think adding more bins is in order at times also. I have a couple supplementary bins I use but the town could encourage multiple bins for instance. A lot of times the one bin is overflowing, limiting the amount you can recycle.