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Moving Toward Beyond Waste with Industries
The goal of the Industries Initiative is to
maintain or strengthen the economic vitality of Washington
State’s industries at the same time we reduce wastes and the use
of toxic materials, and increase the use of recyclable
materials. This requires cooperation and partnerships between
Ecology and industry.
Recommendations and Five Year Milestones:
| IND 1 |
Modify the Pollution
Prevention Planning program to dovetail with the Beyond Waste
vision. |
| IND 2 |
Expand information on
Ecology's Web site. |
| IND 3 |
Put in place several
Beyond Waste incentives. |
| IND 4 |
Encourage new businesses
to adopt sustainable practices. |
| IND 5 |
Encourage waste handlers
(including businesses and other entities that generate waste) to
become materials brokers. |
| IND 6 |
Support the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's "Beyond Waste-type" efforts. |
| IND 7 |
Promote sustainability in
product development. |
| IND 8 |
Eliminate or minimize
groups of the most toxic chemicals as part of Ecology's Reducing
Toxic Threats work. |
| IND 9 |
Use the sector approach as
the framework to help implement the agency's initiatives. |
| IND10 |
Support the creation of
green jobs and a green economy while emphasizing ways to reduce the
use of toxic chemicals and generation of wastes. |
| IND 11 |
Help minimize the release
of toxics into stormwater. |
| IND 12 |
Implement the Toxic
Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC) recommendations. |
| IND 13 |
Support product
stewardship legislation (including framework and/or individual
product legislation) and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
legislation as recommended by the Governor's Climate Action Team. |
| IND 14 |
Educate the public and
businesses on prevention, proper use, storage, and disposal of
hazardous products and wastes. Encourage safer alternatives to
minimize toxic threats, especially to vulnerable populations. |
