Category: 1. Municipal Sustainable Materials Management Policy (SMMP)
|| Sustainable Materials Management Policies || refer to a broad array of regulatory
and policy measures aimed at minimizing solid waste generation, improving the
performance of solid waste collection, processing, and recovery practices.
The Municipal SMMP requirements of SWEEP take into account four key performance
indicators (KPI):
1. Efficiency and Effectiveness
2. Environmental Performance
3. Economic Performance
4. Public Participation
Credit 1: Materials Processing Infrastructure and Market Development Policy
Credit 2: Adoption of Diversion and Recycling Goals
Credit 3: Regular Waste Characterization and Generation Study Policy
Credit 4: Advanced Comprehensive Sustainable Materials Management Policy
Credit 5: Solid Waste Greenhouse Gas Footprint Reduction Policy
Credit 6: Source Reduction Policy
Credit 7: Market-Based Waste Management Program Policy
Credit 8: Policy for Comprehensive Public Participation in Solid Waste Management Program Development
Prerequisite 1: Comprehensive Sustainable Materials Management Policy