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FALCON HEIGHTS SOLID WASTE COMMISSION <br /> 1994 GOALS /1993 ACCOMPLISHMENTS <br /> OVERALL GOALS FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHMENTS <br /> Reduce volume of solid waste <br /> Reduce hazardous waste <br /> Waste management public education <br /> City administration of solid waste <br /> Curbside pickup of all waste <br /> OUTYEAR OBJECTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHMENTS <br /> 1. REDUCE THE VOLUME OF WASTE: Through and with the assistance <br /> of education techniques, community assistance programs, <br /> sponsored programs, waste haulers, and other waste management <br /> agencies, develop and implement waste programs to rethink, reduce, <br /> recycle, and reuse residential and commercial waste. <br /> 2. REDUCTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE: Review history of the city's <br /> past practices for disposal of solid waste, potential landfill <br /> liability. Use education techniques to reduce residential <br /> and commercial disposal in solid waste stream. <br /> 3. WASTE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EDUCATION: Explore, identify and <br /> implement educational techniques for increasing community awareness <br /> of the management of solid waste using: cable T.V., city sponsored <br /> promotions on collection, homemade and /or commercially made video <br /> programs, encourage school activities on "rethink, reduce, reuse, <br /> recycle <br /> 4. CITY SOLID WASTE ADMINISTRATION: Review and update city ordinance <br /> to be consistent with solid waste goals and objectives. Areas of <br /> review include: liability of landfilling solid waste; defining, <br /> expanding and implementing solid waste commission responsibilities. <br />