Trash Program Statistics
West Boylston started its Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) system of collecting trash and recyclables in Fiscal Year 2009. After a few years of informally keeping track of statistics showing how the program was doing, the Solid Waste Advisory Team (SWAT) developed a Spreadsheet titled “West Boylston Trash Program: Tons, Costs, Recycling Rate” in FY 2012. It enabled SWAT to evaluate the program better and to make yearly comparisons. Is our trash tonnage going down so that our costs will decline? Is our recycling going up so that our costs will decline? Is our trash program costing the town more or less than the prior year? These are some of the important questions this spreadsheet answered. It has been completed each year by SWAT and includes the previous year as a comparison. For an explanation of the fields, please see below.
Reports
Explanation of spreadsheet data
(Line A) Tons of Trash collected at curbside collection (not including recyclables)
(Line B) Town’s Disposal Cost per ton of trash (aka “tipping fee”)
(Line C) Town’s Total Trash Disposal Cost (there is no disposal fee for recyclables)
(Line D) Tons of Recyclables collected curbside
(Line D/G) (not highlighted) Town’s Recycling Rate
(Line I) Town’s Cost for Curbside Collection
(Line J) Number of Households Served
(Line U) Total Revenue Received by Town from Sale of PAYT Bags
(Line V) Cost to Town for manufacturing PAYT Bags
(Line W) Total Cost to the Town of this Trash Program
(Line U) Total Revenue to the Town from the Sale of PAYT Bags
(Line X) NET Cost to the Town of its Trash Program