EPA's "pay as you throw" program is: EPA's "pay as you throw" program is: A program of solid waste handling that encourages consumers to produce less waste in the first place by charging people per pound or per bag of trash produced. A program of solid waste handling that funds the construction of sanitary landfills in order to prevent the problems associated with discarding waste in open dumps. A program of solid waste handling that encourages waste-to-energy by providing payment for "burnable" trash, per deliverable kilowatt-hour of energy produced. A program of solid waste handling that provides rebates to cities and municipalities for producing less solid waste than previous years by a percentage of at least 2.5%