Second is the importance of dynamism. Economic and environmental progress depend upon innovation. In the context of solid waste, dynamism requires policies that nurture treatment and handling innovations. Certification of new technologies should serve as the default position. A more-expansive certification approach could stimulate technologies to turn organics into solid fuel, gas, steam, or electricity, or into nitrogen replacements, chemicals, or even compost.
Dynamism also requires a focus on widening materials end-use options.
For example, more attention to developing product quality standards for recycled content materials and compost materials can expand market opportunities. Organizations like the U.S. Composting Council represent one such effort, but many products, especially used in construction and infrastructure, lack performance standards for recycled content materials. California's tax code requires payment of sales taxes on reusable, leased shipping pallets but not on one-way containers. A third pathway to progress requires a focus on pricing feedback. For waste managers, use of full-cost accounting is a key component in cost management.