Improve profitability, legal compliance and conserve resources through adoption of ordinance language, licensing and resource management contracts.
Best Practice of this action
Keywords
schools
Rating Guideline
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Report implementation of at least 3 "good" ordinance & licensing BMPs (e.g., license haulers, designate a preferred waste processing facility); promote use of resource management contracts (RMC-covering recycling and trash) by businesses in your city; report city use of a RMC for government operations. |
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Report implementation of at least 3 "better" ordinance & licensing BMPs (e.g., develop administrative solid waste standards, cap # of residential trash hauler licenses, require haulers to offer bulky waste/yard waste services) from the web page above; report waste reduction (% or tons, per year) via a RMC with schools, libraries, parks, municipal health care facilities. |
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Report implementation of at least 3 "best" ordinance & licensing BMPs (e.g., min. market share to maintain hauler license, roll-off licensing, fees, ID, placement) from the web page above; report waste reduction (% or tons, per year) via a RMC with at least one larger venue, such as a manufacturer or a conference center. Document business energy/water efficiency under best practice action 2.4 |
Resources
- The MPCA's Tools for local government page has 33 ordinance & licensing BMPs (best management practices) grouped into “good,” “better” and “best.” The goal of implementing a mix of these BMPs is to improve the effectiveness and legal compliance of a city's solid waste services, be they city-run or hauler-run. Documents to help cities adopt these actions are license templates, a hauler services agreement template, and three Request for Proposal frameworks.
- Resource management contracts between a waste contractor and a waste generator place the economic value of the contract on resource conservation services rather than on mere pick-up/disposal volume. MPCA has developed templates for RFPs and contracts that both cities, and commercial entities, can use to secure a superior contract.
Order Number
3
Action Type
Finite