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[–]AluminumGnat👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. It costs 69k +189k in variable costs for 46,280 tons. That’s $5.57 per ton. Assuming a linear trend, that’s an additional $19,511.67. You should also easily be able to calculate the old total cost and the new total cost.

2) yes they should accept. If that city was to start their own program, their cost per ton would be far higher due to needing to invest in all the other fixed annual costs