Organic Waste Recycling

496 Organic Waste Recycling: Technology and Management

By official procurement

Setting of standards of recoverability and/or reclaimed material content for products purchased

Regulations

By legislation

Requirement that products meet certain standards of recoverability and/or incorporate a certain proportion of reclaimed material. Prohibition of certain products that create non-recoverable wastes. Requirement that

a certain

level of stocks of reclaimed material be held

Subsidies

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Publicity campaign and data bank for information on nature of reclaimed materials and products made from them. Payments in relation to use of reclaimed material (e.g. direct grants, assistance with new plants, etc.). Finance for stockpiling of reclaimed material

Fiscal measures

Taxes

Production charges (tax) on items contributing to waste or difficult to recover. Deposit refundable on return for reclamation. Tax on virgin materials

Stage of material handling initially affected Production and sale

Table 10.3 Examples of measures for encouraging resource recovery (Environmental Resources Ltd 1978) (continued) a

Including reliefs from existing taxes