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.
Comprehensive Private Hauler Regulation in place whereby private haulers, those not contracted by the municipality to pick up trash and recycling, must provide bundled services of trash and recycling collection at the same price to all customers.