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Toxicity Reduction Ramsey County Toxicity Reduction Policies 1. Ramsey County supports a product stewardship approach in which products with a toxic or hazardous character are best managed through shared responsibility by manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and consumers. The County will implement residential collection systems only until product stewardship systems are reliably in place for toxic and hazardous materials. 2. Ramsey County will provide for household hazardous waste (HHW) management services at a level of convenience and financial accessibility to encourage proper management and that is compatible and consistent with other programs in the region, at the same time encouraging the reduction of the amount of HHW generated. 3. The Ramsey County HHW collection program will provide for management of HHW in a cost - effective manner that minimizes risks to public health, occupational health, property and the environment, and continues to share with the State of Minnesota the potential risks associated with managing HHW. 4. Ramsey County will contract with the private sector for HHW collection services, provided that doing so will protect public health and the environment and that cost and risk factors are similar to or more favorable than public operation of part or all of HHW collection services. 5. Ramsey County supports the use of less toxic products and materials in industries that use them for manufacturing and other business activities. Ramsey County Toxicity Reduction Strategies 1. Ramsey County will provide and promote convenient collection of HHW at both a year -round facility and at collection events held at various sites during spring, summer and fall. 2. Ramsey County will periodically review the list of items currently or potentially acceptable at HHW sites, determine how these items should be collected and managed, and determine how management of specific materials should be paid for, with particular attention to: a. wastes that pose hazards for residential waste collectors or processors; b. products that are banned from use; c. hazardous or problem materials for which there are not convenient private- sector collection options; and d. wastes identified in statutory disposal restrictions. 3. Ramsey County will allow for the management of HHW that is inappropriately dumped at municipal or County facilities and properties, or is recovered during the abatement of public health nuisances, through its HHW program. 4. Ramsey County will manage its HHW and yard -waste sites in accordance with the Ramsey County Storm Water Management Plan. Ramsey County Solid Waste Master Plan 2011 -2030 Page 130 Approved by the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners on 3120112