WASTE REDUCTION: LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN MOTIVATING AND EDUCATING THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR

摘要

Communities need the cooperation of their business community to locally attain waste reduction and recycling goals that are established by the State. This paper describes the process by which one city chose to promote commercial solid waste reduction and support community goals by educating and encouraging its business community to 1) prevent waste generation, 2) recycle, and 3) buy recycled products. The commercial strategy is based upon the results of a 1995-1996 investigation which indicated that this approach will have greater flexibility and appeal to a larger number of Dublin businesses than an approach based solely on recycling.