11. High Quality Recycling and Maximizing Environmental Benefits

Goal: To achieve the maximum potential of high-quality recycling and environmental benefits of the program through maximizing reuse and recycling, minimizing the use of energy and greenhouse gases, and minimizing the creation of litter.

Potential Key Elements:

1. Requirement to reuse or recycle, and not landfill or incinerate
2. “Recycling” is defined
3. Recycling measurement protocol is established. Contamination and losses are accurately removed from the recycling rate totals.
4. Pollution prevention hierarchy is used; use of the most environmentally beneficial container options is encouraged (e.g., high reuse or refill rate; high postconsumer content)
5. Fees and/or rules to address disruptors to recycling process
6. Recycled content provisions with external, 3^rd party verification
7. The program is coordinated with other legislation and policy initiatives to maximize environmental outcomes and avoid conflict
8. Container Caps and labels are addressed

Question:

Do you agree or disagree with these key elements, and why or why not?

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