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Category: 2. Municipal Waste Generation & Prevention (WGP)

Home to Municipal Waste Generation and Prevention Performance Category credits

|| Waste generation || refers to the volume or tonnage of solid waste generated prior to any recovery or disposal. Preventing and minimizing waste generation is considered to be more important than solid waste recovery, prioritized first in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s waste management hierarchy. Two mechanisms are employed to minimize waste generation: source reduction and reuse.

The Municipal WGP requirements of SWEEP take into account four key performance indicators (KPI):

1) Efficiency and Effectiveness
2) Environmental Performance
3) Economic Performance
4) Public Participation

/2. Municipal Waste Generation & Prevention (WGP) /
  • Credit 10: Household Hazardous Waste reduction and engagement program

  • Credit 11: Public and Worker Education and Training

  • Credit 1: Measuring and Calculating Waste Generation & Source Reduction

  • Credit 2: Municipal Source Reduction Programs

  • Credit 3: Food Rescue Programs/Projects

  • Credit 4: Litter Prevention and Reduction Infrastructure

  • Credit 5: Environmentally Preferable Product Procurement

  • Credit 6: Sustainable Capital and Utility Procurement

  • Credit 7: Economic Assessment of Solid Waste Management Program

  • Credit 8: Education Programs on Waste Reduction and Reuse

  • Credit 9: Litter education and engagement

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