Description
Office buildings, schools, stores, hotels, restaurants and other commercial and institutional buildings generate significant amounts of materials and waste.
This strategy explores options for increasing waste diversion in the commercial sector through education, collaboration and recognition.
Components
- Work with businesses and private waste collectors to increase recycling rates.
- Engage businesses and schools in efforts to adopt sustainable purchasing policies and replace single-use items with durable materials.
- Develop and distribute information about waste reduction, common recycling errors and myths, composting at home, hard-to-recycle items and access to disposal facilities.
- Include waste diversion activities and resources in the sustainable business program.
- Educate businesses (and consumers) to reduce the purchase and use of toxic and hazardous products.
- Encourage diversion and reuse of building construction and demolition materials.