The City of Imperial Falls contracts with Evergreen Waste Collection to provide solid waste collection to households and businesses. Until recently, Evergreen had an exclusive franchise to provide this service in Imperial Falls, which meant that other waste collection firms could not operate legally in the city. The price per pound of waste collected was regulated at 25 percent above the average total cost of collection. Cost data for the most recent year of operations for Evergreen are as follows. Administrative cost $ 405,000 Operating coststrucks 1,305,000 Other collection costs 325,000 Data on customers for the most recent year are as follows. Households Businesses Number of customers 12,500 4,000 Waste collected (tons) 4,500 13,000

Based on cost and waste data from the most recent year, what would be the price per pound charged to households and to businesses by Evergreen for waste collection if the CEOs proposal were accepted?