How are stickers working out in unit pricing programs?
“The advantage of stickers is that there is no billing at all. They’re applicable to various types of service, types of containers, and types of waste. With a simple, uniform schedule, stickers could be ordered through the mail. Or somebody could buy 50 stickers at a time from a hauler or from the local grocery store. The stickers are easy to keep, and they are not going to rot…. And stickers are very simple. Since every second [haulers] spend at a stop is money to them, the more data collection or enforcement that you require per stop, the less likely they are to do it. It’s a time limit. But stickers are not perfect. The adhesive can be a problem. The hauler might not be able to find them. Stickers can be stolen off someone else’s garbage bag. And maybe the biggest problem is that people could buy a year’s worth of bags in January and then not buy any more for the next several months. It is really hard to have to predict people’s behavior in order to forecast revenue.
