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Waste Management Waste will be seen as both a resource and a liability. Northfield’s Business-Industrial Park will promote comprehensive waste reduction practices and provide effective solid waste services including recycling, composting and trash disposal. Waste reduction (or prevention) is the preferred approach to waste management because waste that never gets created doesn’t have waste management costs. An example of waste reduction is reducing unnecessary packaging from manufactured products and produce. Extended Producer Responsibility is inherent in Northfield’s Business-Industrial development guidelines. Also known as Product Stewardship, this strategy places a shared responsibility for end-of-life product management on the producers, and all entities involved in the product chain, instead of the general public; while encouraging product design changes that minimize a negative impact on human health and the environment at every stage of the product’s lifecycle. The Business-Industrial Park community will have the knowledge and resources in place to avoid waste and manage the resulting waste in a manner that allows for the least environmental impact. Proper waste management and waste avoidance will be considered in decisions made by all affiliates of the development on a daily basis.
Goal: The Business-Industrial Park will promote waste reduction and provide effect solid waste removal services that minimize environmental impact.
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