True Cost or Lifecycle Cost
Determine the true cost from production through disposal, including liability, cleanup, uncertainty risk factors, externalities, worker and community healthcare, ecological harm, etc.
Sustainability
Foster adoption and use of sustainability approaches.
"Green Chemistry [Hedge] Fund"
Establish futures group.
Industry Sector Collaboration
Organize sector-based roundtables (recognizing differences across chemical industry) and share best practices, safer alternatives, etc.
Tax-based instruments
Provide tax incentives and disincentives
Disincentives
Establish "toxic tax"
Program funding
Revise (increase) funding for government programs addressing chemicals.
Consumer information
Improve consumer knowledge and awareness, using:
Publicly accessible information (such as websites - must be informative, user-friendly, and accessible not just avialable)
Web Coordinator
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