If Residential Garbage Collection Were Financed by Charging Households a Fee

question 9

Multiple Choice

If residential garbage collection were financed by charging households a fee per unit of garbage collected,rather than through general property taxation or a flat fee,you would expect

• A)less concern about recycling and more concern about the high cost of garbage collection.
• B)more recycling as households seek to minimize their garbage-collection bill.
• C)higher costs for the municipality providing the garbage-collection service.
• D)the administration cost to outweigh any other savings,thus rendering this idea inefficient.
• E)inadequate revenue to pay for the garbage collection.

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