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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSIIE5 STUDY GROUP <br />GOAL #4: TO DEVELOP, INCORPORATE AND PROMOTE STATE-OF-THE-ART <br />METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND NIANAGING SOLID AND HAZARDOUS <br />WASTES FROM RESIDENCES AND $USINESSES <br />STRATEGIES• <br />• S'trong management, promotion, education and incentive <br />programs to influence: <br />-- Source reduction <br />-- Reuse <br />-- Recycling <br />-- Material substitutions <br />• Require container deposit fees and encourage returnables <br />to discourage litter; <br />• Establish recycled content standards for products <br />procured by the City (e.g., copy paper, building <br />materials}; <br />• Evaluate currently known sites that use or store <br />hazardous materials and determine complian.ce with federal <br />and state laws regulating same; <br />• Sponsor entrepreneurial programs to develop markets for <br />recycled materials, using available state and federal <br />"market development" funds; <br />• Increase the number of outdoor trash/recycling containers <br />in public areas and especially adjacent to sources that <br />produce �itter; <br />• Establish collection points for household hazardous waste <br />items such as household batteries where such points are <br />not now available. <br />