Indicator Development for 2030 Regional Waste Plan

Metro is a regional government serving over 1.7 million residents in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties. Part of Metro’s portfolio is planning and overseeing the region’s solid waste system. The 2030 Regional Waste Plan (RWP) is a vision for the solid waste system and a blueprint for achieving that vision. The project goal was to research and design methods for measuring RWP goal outcomes for the 2022 annual progress report and for future measurement. The Hatfield Fellow stewarded the development of several goal indicators: 1) size and capacity of the reuse sector, 2) low environmental impact procurement policies, and 3) equitable access to economic benefits of the solid waste system.