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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.

 

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Sustainability

 

Foster adoption and use of sustainability approaches.

 

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"Green Chemistry [Hedge] Fund"

 

Establish futures group.

 

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Industry Sector Collaboration

 

Organize sector-based roundtables (recognizing differences across chemical industry) and share best practices, safer alternatives, etc.

 

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Tax-based instruments

 

Provide tax incentives and disincentives

 

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Disincentives

 

Establish "toxic tax"

 

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Program funding

 

Revise (increase) funding for government programs addressing chemicals.

 

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Consumer information

 

Improve consumer knowledge and awareness, using:

 

  • Products labels

  • Product certification

  • Publicly accessible information (such as websites - must be informative, user-friendly, and accessible not just avialable)

 

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