If Households Could Be Charged Differently for Different Types of Garbage

question 119

Multiple Choice

If households could be charged differently for different types of garbage,

• A) the total amount of garbage would be reduced.
• B) recycling would be more difficult.
• C) costs of collecting garbage could be kept much lower.
• D) billing for garbage collection would be much easier.
• E) there would be a change in the types of items that are disposed of as garbage.

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