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Author: brandonvkaragozian

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         <h1>Pay as You Throw in Boston</h1>
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+        <p class="intro-text">How will PAYT effect the City of Boston? How does PAYT compare in other Massachusetts municipalities?</p>
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                     <h3 class="block-title">Bostonians disposed of</h3>
-                    <p class="block-reduction"><span class="reduction-percent">372,610,000</span> pounds</p>
-                    <p class="block-description">of trash</p>
+                    <p class="block-reduction"><span class="reduction-percent">186,305 tons of trash</span> </p>
+                    <p class="block-description">*This includes household and bulky waste</p>
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                     <h3 class="block-title">Each household disposed of</h3>
-                    <p class="block-reduction"><span class="reduction-percent">1,300</span> pounds</p>
-                    <p class="block-description">of trash</p>
+                    <p class="block-reduction"><span class="reduction-percent">0.68 tons of trash</span> </p>
+                    <p class="block-description">*This is an average per household</p>
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                     <h3 class="block-title">Boston spent</h3>
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-                            <p>According to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's 2024 Municipal Solid Waste and Recycling Survey, Boston disposed of 186,305 tons of trash and paid a tipping fee of $103.38 per ton to incinerate it.</p>
-                            <p>According to data from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's 2024 Municipal Solid Waste and Recycling Survey, 322,000 households participated in Boston's municipal trash program. Collectively, these households disposed of 186,305 tons of trash, including bulky waste. We divided the total tonnage by the number of participating households to calculate the average weight of trash disposed per household at 0.57858695652 tons.</p>
+                            <h4>Terminology</h4>
+                            <ul>
+                                <li><strong>Tipping Fee:</strong> The cost per ton that municipalities pay to dispose of trash at incineration or landfill facilities. Boston's tipping fee is $103.38 per ton.</li>
+                                <li><strong>Municipal Solid Waste:</strong> Trash and recyclables collected through Boston's municipal waste management program.</li>
+                                <li><strong>Household:</strong> A residential unit participating in Boston's municipal trash program. 322,000 households participated in 2024.</li>
+                                <li><strong>Tonnage:</strong> The total weight of trash disposed, measured in tons. Boston disposed of 186,305 tons in 2024, which converts to 372,610,000 pounds.</li>
+                            </ul>
+                            <h4>Formulas</h4>
+                            <p><strong>Variables:</strong></p>
+                            <ul>
+                                <li><em>T</em> = Total tonnage disposed by Boston = 186,305 tons</li>
+                                <li><em>H</em> = Number of participating households = 322,000</li>
+                                <li><em>F</em> = Tipping fee per ton = $103.38</li>
+                            </ul>
+                            <p><strong>Calculations:</strong></p>
+                            <ul>
+                                <li><strong>Total pounds of trash:</strong> <em>T</em> × 2,000 lbs/ton = 186,305 × 2,000 = 372,610,000 pounds</li>
+                                <li><strong>Tons per household:</strong> <em>T</em> ÷ <em>H</em> = 186,305 ÷ 322,000 = 0.579 tons per household</li>
+                                <li><strong>Total incineration cost:</strong> <em>T</em> × <em>F</em> = 186,305 × $103.38 = $19,260,210.90</li>
+                            </ul>
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-                        2024 PROPOSED REVENUE FROM TRASH TAGS
+                        2024 PROPOSED REVENUE FROM PAYT TRASH TAGS
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                         $8,518,760
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+        <div class="footnote">Interviews with officials from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the City of Boston's Zero Waste Initiative team, the University of New Hampshire, the City of Brockton, and the City of Malden have informed the analysis on this page. For work cited, see the <a href="sources.html">Sources page</a>.</div>
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