1. Recommend that the administration work with the City Council to pass waste prevention legislation, including the agency environmental procurement bill Intro 509, as well as packaging and labeling initiatives.

2. Phase in community-based waste prevention centers (for disseminating education/ rental, reuse, and repair information / swap shop).

3. Begin targeted media (radio & TV) campaigns to motivate those groups who were not initially sold on recycling and waste prevention. Describe why purchasing and maintaining products with waste prevention in mind can save money and protect the environment. Reach more disparate demographic groups with celebrities (e.g., Yankees, musical artists), humor, and other motivational methods. Institute an Internet Web site for the Sanitation Dept for dissemination of informational and motivational education materials regarding waste prevention, recycling, and composting. Tie this in with Sanitation’s Reuse Hotline.

4. Lead coalition of cities in supporting federal legislation which would require that senders of direct mail pay for return postage for rejected mailings.

5. Recommend that schools institute repair training programs (e.g. "Recycle a bicycle") for appliances, electronics, furniture and other repairable items, as well as implement curricula and courses which teach waste prevention concepts.

6. Recommend that the Dept. of Finance start itemizing trash collection on residential property tax bills in preparation for substituting quantity-based user fees for garbage taxes.

7. Research successful methods of implementing residential quantity-based user fees (QBUFs) now used by the 2800 other U.S. communities. which can be transferred to New York City.

8. After researching successful methods of implementing user fees in New York City, recommend that the City conduct a pilot study on residential user fees. Subsequently, reduce taxes and replace with user-fee (pay as you throw). (Phase I: assess home and building owners for volume of garbage collected; charge less or nothing for collecting recyclables; Phase II: extend user fees to tenants of multi-unit buildings.)

9. Expand the number of permanent household hazardous waste collection sites from the single one on Staten Island to make it more decentralized and available to everyone.

10. Seek funding and collaborator(s) to fund backyard composting program for yard and kitchen waste (free or rebated composters, tools and information).