To reduce the amount of waste going into its landfill, King County, Washington (1,737,000), encourages residents to give away or sell at low prices their unwanted furniture...

This ordinance adopts user fees for residents and businesses with connections to the city’s wastewater system.

Mountain Village, Colorado (1,000), used to contract out its asphalt road repairs to a company whose dump trucks took an hour and a half to reach the village.

This fact sheet was written to provide local government managers, elected officials, and their staff with an overview...