Develop and use new accounting system that captures long-term, multi-generational costs.
Revise government procurement from lowest bid to best lifecycle cost/value.
Promulgate regulation to set reduction performance targets for products and processes:
If met, liability reward (incentive)
If met, reduce fees (incentive)
If not met, treble fees (disincentive)
Link with venture capital and large public investment funds to support emerging Green Chemistry technologies and tools.
"Morph" Senate Bill 14 program from pollution prevention to "benign by design" focus.
Tax reductions for investments in green chemistry and engineering research and development.
Assess fees on products or processes for which there is no or inadequate health and safety information.
Include producer / seller take-back programs at product end-of-life.
Revise finanical assurance regulation to require adequate money for management of hazardous waste disposal from 30 to 300 years.
Tax toxic ingredients (with rebates for reductions)
Target revenue from environmental fines (including "supplemental environmental projects" in enforcement cases) toward hazard reduction, rather than exposure control.
Establish multi-media, life-cycle label (e.g., Green Sphere, Green Spectator)
Establish public outreach programs (model on the anti-smoking campaign, as an example)
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