Fair Development PrinciplesUNIVERSALITY: Zero Waste shall increase all city residents’ ability to access the resources required tomeet their fundamental needs including good jobs, clean air, healthy communities, and work withdignity. It shall address these needs in a coordinated way. No single Zero Waste goal shall be pursuedto the detriment of other fundamental needs.EQUITY: Zero Waste policies must reallocate resources to communities that have been disinvestedand used as dumping grounds. Zero Waste policies and programs will address race, class, economic,and health disparities.PARTICIPATION: Zero Waste policy decisions, including the provision of public contracts, subsidies,and tax revenue, must reflect the input and interests of the constituents. The City must createprocesses that gather meaningful input from residents and relevant stakeholders at all phasesthroughout planning, formation, implementation, and monitoring.TRANSPARENCY: Zero Waste developments and policies and must be discussed, decided,implemented, and monitored in an open, accessible manner that maximizes examination and review bycity residents. Performance reports and program evaluations should be made public and availableonline.ACCOUNTABILITY: Public agencies implementing Zero Waste must facilitate developments andprograms that are universal, equitable, participatory, and transparent, and shall be held responsible forbreach of that duty by an effective means of redress and remedy.Baltimore’s Fair Development Plan for Zero Waste16
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