| Recommendations for NYCDOS Waste Composition Study | |||||
| MCSWAB Waste Prevention Committee | |||||
| November, 1995 | |||||
| Priority | Product or Packaging Category | % in MSW | Program, Incentive, Legislative action | ||
| 1 | Wood packaging | 5.00% | Reusable shipping containers (incentives, tax disposables | ||
| 1 | Furniture and Furnishings | 4.30% | Vocational training, reuse shops, recycling target | ||
| 1 | Clothing & Footwear | 2.30% | Reuse centers, textiles recycling | ||
| 1 | Third Class & Bulk Mail | 1.90% | Lobby higher postal rates, legislation - mailers take back mail | ||
| 1 | Rubber Tires | 1.80% | Recycling, licensing wholesalers, incentives, deposits, retread | ||
| 1 | Disposable Diapers | 1.70% | Education, tax disposables, rebate cloth, Partnership w diaper service | ||
| 1 | Carpets and Rugs | 1.30% | Insulation - recycling econ. devel.(facility to use as feed) | ||
| 1 | Paper Bags | 1.10% | Tax (ADF), composting, charge/bag | ||
| 1 | Shrink Wrap | 1.10% | Promote alternatives - straps, reusable bungees, tax wrap | ||
| 1 | Major Appliances (white goods) | 1.00% | Vocational training, reuse shops, recycling | ||
| 1 | Plastic bags and sacks | 0.60% | Charge per bag, education | ||
| 1 | Trash bags | 0.50% | Recycling - econ. development (facility to recycle bags) | ||
| 1 | Paper plates & cups | 0.50% | Composting, legislation, taxes, charge customers | ||
| 1 | Books | 0.50% | Reuse centers, donate / barter 3rd world | ||
| 1 | Towels, Sheets and Pillowcases | 0.40% | Reuse centers, textile recycling economic development | ||
| 1 | Small Appliances | 0.30% | Vocational training, reuse centers | ||
| 1 | Non PET/HDPE plastic contnrs | 0.30% | Lobby - uniformity, recyclability of resins; City procurement | ||
| Grocery stores -- pkged by mfr | subcat. | Partnership w. business (pkg trade assns, mfrs) | |||
| Grocery stores -- pkged onsite | subcat. | Partnership w. bus. (supermarkets) | |||
| Originating in restaurants (fast food) | subcat. | Partnership w. bus. (Chinese rest., salad bars, fast food chains) | |||
| 1 | Plastic plates and cups | 0.20% | Tax (ADF), charge customers | ||
| 1 | Household batteries | Metals Recycling, ban from landfill, incinerator, dropoff centers | |||
| 2 | Electronics | Vocational training, reuse centers | |||
| 2 | Lead Acid Batteries | Recycling, ban from landfill, incinerator, dropoff centers | |||
| 2 | Food-contaminated paper, paperboard | Composting | |||
| 2 | Bubble wrap, peanuts, jiffy bags | Reuse centers, Ban, tax (ADF), recycling (ec. dev) | |||
| 2 | Plastic garment bags (retail and garment industry) | Reusable alternatives, Partnership w bus.(Dryclean, garment) Recycling | |||
| 2 | Paper Towels | Composting, tax (ADF), rebates on cloth | |||
| 2 | Paint | Reuse centers | |||
| 2 | Paint cans | Recycling, Partnership w bus. to take back | |||
| 2 | Pots, Pans, metal utensils | Reuse centers, recycling | |||
| 2 | Doors | Auctions, resale, reuse centers, landfill ban, city procurement | |||
| 2 | Windows | Auctions, resale, reuse centers, landfill ban, city procurement | |||
| 2 | Sinks, bathtubs, tiles | Auctions, resale, reuse centers | |||
| 2 | Fluorescent, incandescent tubes | Mercury Recycling, economic development, dropoff centers | |||
| 3 | Toilets | Export, recycling | |||
| 3 | Bricks | Recycling, resale, auction, landfill ban,City procurement | |||
| 3 | Light fixtures | Vocational training, reuse centers | |||
| 3 | Thermostats, thermometers | Mercury recycling, dropoff centers for residential & commerc. | |||
| 3 | Plastic utensils, straws, napkins | Tax, charge customers | |||
| 3 | Pipes | Auctions, resale, reuse, landfill ban, city procurement | |||
| 3 | Automotive oil | Recycling, Consumer education, dropoff centers | |||
| 3 | Solvents | Pollution Prevention education, permanent dropoff centers | |||
| 3 | Pesticides | Pollution Prevention education, permanent dropoff centers | |||
| 3 | Deodorant containers | Rebate for Refillables, Partnership w bus., ADF tax | |||
| 3 | Plastic Camera Film canisters, spindles | Partnership w business, reuse, dropoff centers | |||