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- Increasing size, age and cultural diversity of the California population
- Changes make-up of waste stream (e.g., more organic waste, less green waste, more waste
associated with elderly healthcare), impacting existing solid waste programs.
- More waste generated, impacting existing solid waste programs.
- Increased globalization of economy and impacts on materials flows and prices
- Increasing international controls by trade agreements making it difficult for states to
reach waste diversion goals.
- Countries like Germany have packaging requirements for all products. Is it appropriate
in this new global marketplace to create standards?
- Loss of crop and grazing land
- Reduces the amount of organic waste generated.
- Increases the amount of inorganic waste generated.
- Climate Change
- Changes make-up of waste stream (e.g., more or less green waste).
- Changes management at landfills (e.g., increasing leachate production, flooding washing
away portion of landfill).
- Increasing concern about the threat of the environment, safety and transportation (fuel
consumption, air pollution, global warming, ozone depletion, transportation costs, etc.)
caused by various aspects of waste management
- Increasing risk-based environmental decisionmaking.
- Increasing interest in life-cycle efficiency in e.g. transportation.
- Increased consolidation, mergers and cost control will cause lower
cost and more products to be produced (i.e. waste management not a priority)
- Jeopardizes waste reduction and recycling programs.
- Decreases markets for recyclables.
- Change in technology and consumer habits will change the
composition of the waste stream (such as with home computers)
- Creates new solid waste streams to manage/reduce.
- Changes in the range of materials in products affect recycling.
- Increase in consolidation in the waste management industry, which
threatens competition and pricing, increases waste and permits fewer to have more
influence on public policy
- Moves waste management decisions to Wall Street.
- Decreasing number of landfills, increasing distance to transport waste.
- Increase in number and quality of material recovery and
sorting facilities, processing and new recycling technologies
- Improves quality of recyclables, making more attractive to manufacturers.
- More manufactures goods designed for recycling.
- Increasing disconnect between the generator and their waste -
what happens after the garbage is picked up?
- Impacts generator support for waste reduction and recycling activities.
- Diminishes environmental concern by public.
- Buy recycled message hard to deliver.
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