Industries should be supported to set up waste
management teams, draft and implement waste
management plans. There should be incentives, such as
financial support, provision of industrial disposal units and
free training of staff to encourage waste management.
This will also diffuse the notion some respondents have
about the regulatory authorities having levying it as its
priority. Incentives are avenues for regulatory bodies to
give back to the industries and also a means of
motivating people to comply. The United States
environmental protection agency's (U.S.EPA) program
‘WasteWise’, which is a forum where the industries can
share their activities and achievements on how they are
able to minimize waste and cut costs, may be adopted