If you had to pay for every piece of trash you threw away, would you change the way you buy and use things?

Families and businesses pay to have their trash removed. The money takes care of the salaries of the people who make your trash "disappear" and for the cost of using garbage trucks. The money also goes to create and operate the sanitary landfills where all that trash is dumped.

Individuals can also bring things to the landfill—but you can't just drop off your old tires. Getting rid of garbage costs money.