Portal for Public comment draft of SWEEP Municipal Standard.
Thank you for your interest in the SWEEP (Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol) Municipal Standard Public Comment Draft!
SWEEP is the product of volunteer industry experts, like you, sharing their experience and expertise in best practices to help transform the solid waste sector toward sustainability.
We will be accepting comments on the Draft Municipal Standard until the beginning of March 2019. If you have comments and would like to contribute, we have 2 options available:
(1) Email your comments—on company letterhead, accompanied by your full name, affiliation and email address—to info@sweepstandard.org
(2) Sign up to comment on the SWEEP website http://sweepstandard.org/membership/ through the SWEEP Municipal Standard Comment Portal.
Once again, thank you for your interest and we look forward to receiving your comments and benefiting from your expertise!
– The SWEEP Team
Intent: To develop infrastructure to provide optimized anaerobic breakdown of food waste and, if indicated, other organic material to produce gas, fertilizer and other useful products. Requirements: Tier 1: Demonstrate […]
Intent: Maximize local environmental and economic benefits and minimize environmental footprint through compact, efficient, and transparent supply chains. Requirements: Tier 1: Demonstrate that 80% of outputs from material recovery and […]
Intent: Ensure worker safety and health outcomes during daily waste collection through attention to hazards and making worker protection a part of company culture. Requirements: Accomplish increased operational regulation, […]
Intent: Reduce collection vehicle accidents and worker injuries. Requirements: Mandatory: Implement an ongoing safety and equipment usage training program. Option 1: “Accessible” Training (Mandatory for new hires; ongoing) […]
Intent: To optimize collection costs Requirements: Conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of the waste collection program Demonstrate waste collection costs that is below/meets a [relevant benchmark TBD Potential Strategies: Include performance/service […]
Intent: Reduce fuel consumption and lower air emissions resulting from waste collection Requirements: Option 1: Demonstrate fleet fuel economy or criteria emissions per ton-mile of solid waste collection Level 1: […]
Intent: Reduce atmospheric emissions associated with the collection and transportation of solid waste and promote renewable and low-carbon intensity alternatives to non-renewable transportation fuels. Requirements: Demonstrate, on a percentage basis, […]
Intent: To ensure proper handling and disposal of HHW by the municipal entity and greater community, preventing negative human health impacts and pollution of the natural environment. Requirements: Implement an […]
Intent: Reduce the environmental footprint of transfer stations Requirements: For [50% of rolling stock utilized on-site or [50% of total fuel consumption: Utilize low-sulfur diesel fuel; install catalytic and particulate […]
Intent: Provide various collection methods for recyclable and discarded materials Requirements: Demonstrate access for 80 percent or more of your customers to one or more of the following collection options […]
A world free of waste, where materials are continually utilized for their full benefit without causing human health problems, environmental degradation or requiring excessive economic investment.