Contracting Best Practices for Transforming Waste Streams in Communities
A wide range of contracting strategies designed to advance towards zero waste are being used by local governments.
Many contracting best practices align incentives between the local governments, contractors and generators to fund for diversion programs and facilities and encourage waste reduction, recycling, and composting.
Detailed Contracting Best Practices
- Incentives and Penalties
- Separate Compensation from Rates
- Align Costs to Rates
- Limit or Eliminate Disposal Payments
- Reward Workers for More Diversion
- Require Productive Market Use of Yard Debris and Other Organic Materials
- Direct Materials to Local Markets
- Education and Outreach
- Equal Capacity Commercial Bin Size and Frequency
- Equal Services for Multi-Family Customers
- Source Separation Requirement or Preference
- Purchasing Preferences (Green Vehicles & Products)
- Innovations Clause