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<br />December 21, 2009 Section 5: Waste Reduction and Recycling <br />Some businesses already offer small financial incentives for bringing your own shopping bag <br />(e.g. 5 cents per bag). The City may consider a policy to encourage local retailers to adopt their <br />own waste reduction programs. The following measures are designed to further encourage <br />reduction and re-use of materials so that energy and emissions are saved up- and down-stream <br />from the consumer. Measures and actions for consideration: <br />Promote reusable transport packaging in the commercial industrial sector. <br /> Work with <br />? <br />StopWaste.Org to promote the campaign to get businesses to switch to reusable shipping <br />materials. <br />Promote re-use of materials in the community. <br /> Offer education to community members <br />? <br />about different ways of re-using materials in their homes as well as businesses. Simple <br />tasks could include the use of the blank side of a paper to re-print or use for other tasks. <br />Support programs for locally produced compost. <br /> Partner with Davis Street Waste <br />? <br />Transfer Station to blend green waste with WPCP bio-solids to create a compost product <br />that can be used locally. <br />Reduce plastic/paper waste associated with shopping bags <br /> . Offer residents a reusable <br />? <br />shopping bag with a City of San Leandro brand (e.g. the “Healdsbag” from Healdsburg, CA). <br />The bags could include a “Shop San Leandro” message to promote local businesses. <br />Consider adopting a plastic bag ban. San Francisco’s plastic bag ban has cut use by 5 <br />million plastic bags. <br />Adopt a styrofoam ban and introduce bio-degradable containers to food related <br /> <br />? <br />businesses. <br /> Reduce the amount of non-biodegradable waste that ends up in landfills by <br />banning Styrofoam containers and promoting the use of compostable food ware in <br />restaurants. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 43 <br /> <br /> <br />