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Recommendation Data1: Conduct a feasibility study to determine which major indicators to use

Conduct a feasibility study to determine which major indicators or roll-up of indicators Ecology should be using to report overall progress on Beyond Waste. This feasibility study should be completed in 2006. Possible indicators include:

• Materials flow, including amount of industrial recycled feedstock used (similar to New Jersey’s tracking of hazardous substance use, but done on a voluntary basis or by obtaining or purchasing available information).
• Basket of goods (similar to Consumer Price Index, focusing on quantity of recycled-content and/or non-toxic goods purchased).
• Creation of “green” jobs.
• Chemical body burden (toxics found in human blood or mother’s milk) or other health-related indicators.
• Chemical environmental burden (similar to chemical body burden, but broader and more focused on the whole environment).
• Chemical environmental burden (similar to chemical body burden, but broader and more focused on the whole environment).

Related Milestone

A feasibility study to determine key indicators for the Beyond Waste Project has been completed and those key indicators are in use.

Related Milestone

A clear baseline is established for Beyond Waste data.

Related Milestone

Ecology’s data-collection and tracking system provides specific information to evaluate progress toward Beyond Waste.

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