Arizona Laws 49-833. Public education
A. By May 1, 1992, the department, in consultation with the state board of education, shall implement and conduct a program of public education and provide information to increase awareness of individual responsibility for properly reducing and disposing of solid waste and to encourage participation in recycling, reuse and source reduction. The program shall communicate the importance of conserving natural resources, of avoiding harm to the environment or public health and of promoting resource conservation, recovery and reuse by industry, this state, municipalities and counties. The program shall also inform the public of the potential benefits of collecting and recycling potentially hazardous materials including used oil, batteries and waste tires.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 49-833
- Agency: means this state or a state agency, county, municipality or political subdivision. See Arizona Laws 49-831
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Natural resources: means the supply of materials, not made by man, that are used for making goods. See Arizona Laws 49-831
- Recycled: means a process by which post-consumer materials are collected, separated, cleansed, treated or reconstituted and returned to the economic stream in the form of raw materials or products. See Arizona Laws 49-831
- Recycling: means the process of collecting, separating, cleansing, treating and reconstituting post-consumer materials that would otherwise become solid waste and returning them to the economic stream in the form of raw material for reconstituted products that meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace, but does not include incineration or other similar processes. See Arizona Laws 49-831
- Reuse: means the return of a commodity into the economic stream for use in the same kind of application as before without change in its identity. See Arizona Laws 49-831
- Source reduction: means any action that causes a net reduction in the generation of solid waste and includes reducing the use of nonrecyclable materials, replacing disposable materials and products with reusable materials and products, reducing packaging, reducing the amount of yard waste generated, establishing garbage rate structures with incentives to reduce the amount of wastes that generators produce and increasing the efficiency of the use of paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic and other materials in the manufacturing process. See Arizona Laws 49-831
- Used oil: means any oil that has been refined from crude or synthetic oil and, as a result of use, storage or handling, that has become unsuitable for its original purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss of original properties but that may be suitable for further use and may be economically recyclable. See Arizona Laws 49-831
B. The department is the lead agency and promoter for all state programs that provide technical assistance for public education programs. In addition to these coordinating functions, the department shall encourage recycling and source reduction by:
1. Providing advice and consultation to persons, businesses and manufacturers on recycling and source reduction techniques.
2. Sponsoring or cosponsoring with public or private organizations technical workshops and seminars on recycling and source reduction.
3. Administering a recycling and source reduction data base and hotline providing referral services to waste generators.
4. Promoting recycling and the use of recycled products.
5. Administering a recycling and source reduction research and development program.
6. Coordinating a recycling and source reduction public education and advertising program that includes the use of existing publications from public and private sources, as well as publishing necessary new materials on source reduction.
7. Recommending to educational institutions courses and curricula in areas related to recycling and source reduction or encouraging the development of courses in managing solid waste.