Intent:

Use market mechanisms to reduce waste generation and to incentivize more efficient waste management systems.

Requirements:

Adopt the following incentive/market-based policies or procurement requirements for collection/processing franchises or service provider licensing.

Tier 1: Develop and adopt 3 policies/programs

Tier 2: Develop and adopt 5 or more policies/programs

Sample Policies/Programs

• Pay-as-you-throw variable pricing for black bin, blue bin and green bin services.
• Offer and promote no-cost regular business waste assessment/audit with recommendations for “right-sizing”.
• Incentives for product ‘lightweighting’.
• Tax breaks or other incentives for donations to non-profit food rescue or other intermediate material reuse organizations.
• Incentives for xeriscape or other policies to reduce grass planting.
• Optimize and incentivize procurement policies for products and materials that are recyclable andhave recycled content.
• Creation of recycling market development zones.
• Adoption of reward-based recycling incentive programs, such as Recyclebank & Tomra buyback centers.
• Advanced disposal/processing fees; e.g. Tire and battery disposal fees, bottle bill and other container reuse/recovery fees.
• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements in municipal procurement or requirements for retail establishments.