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16 <br /> 5 <br /> Will the fees be levied on only waste or waste and recyclables? <br /> Are the fees to provide an incentive for waste reduction and <br /> recycling? <br /> While these goals are not mutually exclusive, ranking them in <br /> imnortanc= would have an i mnact on the fee structure . There may be <br /> ocher goals that the governing bodies and Owners Group should <br /> consider . <br /> Advantages of Unit-Based Pricing: <br /> • Uses economic incentives to change solid waste generation <br /> behavior and increase prevention/recycling, <br /> • Enables raising of funds specifically related to solid <br /> waste collection activities, <br /> • Distributes costs of solid waste system according to use, <br /> • Enables development of a rate structure to achieve <br /> certain goals e .g. cost recovery, diversion of materials <br /> from solid waste, sending a "message', about solid waste <br /> costs, <br /> • Offers flexibility to system users a-rid administrators in <br /> consumption choices and policy making/fee setting. <br /> Disadvantages of Unit-Based Pricing: <br /> 0 Potential for illegal disposal to avoid payment of fees, <br /> • Uncertainty in revenue generation depending on user <br /> behavior and uni_ costs (e .g. if there is a lot of <br /> recycling, prevention, and/or illegal dumping the revenue <br /> from sale of bags or stickers may not cover costs as <br /> projected) , <br /> ® System set-up costs and rate structure development are <br /> significant tasks . Professional technical assistance <br /> could be necessary to establish rate structures and <br /> billing systems, + <br /> f Z: is potentia=_y difficul- to achieve _esponse t- this <br /> system from tenants cf multi-tenant commerc- a_ or <br /> residential bu:ldincs since costs are Drimaril?t bc=ne by <br /> the owner, not the tenant . Hauling 1 <br /> _ees are usual' bui_t <br /> into the rent and do rct vary_ . Thus there no <br /> individual "reward" , <br />