He added the plan would save the agency up to $13 million in disposal costs.
And it's a way for towns to cover their disposal costs.
"Money that could go for schools is being absorbed by increasing disposal costs."
In some parts of the country our members are faced with $100-a-ton disposal costs.
Taking the small trees out of the waste stream lowers the city's disposal cost.
The average monthly disposal cost last year was $24.
In 1975, disposal costs amounted to a few dollars a ton.
Plastic is cheaper because the disposal costs are not being considered.
The really decisive difference is the issue of how the disposal costs are charged to the ship.
This effectively results in oil being replaced every three days with no disposal costs.