Michigan Laws 324.16502 – Paper recycling system; establishment; purpose; scope; schedule; functions
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(1) The department shall establish and implement a paper recycling system to recycle wastepaper products that are recyclable and for which there is an accessible and available market. The recycling system shall include the recyclable wastepaper products generated in the offices and other facilities of state departments and state agencies, the offices and other facilities of the legislature, and the judicial offices and other facilities within this state. The department may work with other state departments and hire private contractors to establish or implement all or a portion of the recycling system under this part. The paper recycling system established by the department shall provide for the recycling of wastepaper in the offices and facilities that participate in that system, in accord with the following schedule:
(a) January 1, 1989………………..20% or more.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.16502
- Accessible and available market: means that opportunities exist to sell wastepaper products that are collected pursuant to this part at rates and at locations that make it fiscally reasonable to collect that paper. See Michigan Laws 324.16501
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
- Recycled paper: means a paper product that contains not less than 50% wastepaper. See Michigan Laws 324.16501
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- Wastepaper: means any discarded paper or corrugated paper board that is generated after the completion of the paper manufacturing process, and includes, but is not limited to, trimmings, printed paper, cutting and converting paper, newsprint, telephone books, catalogs, or other mixed postconsumer paper. See Michigan Laws 324.16501
(b) January 1, 1990………………..25% or more.
(c) January 1, 1992………………..50% or more.
(d) January 1, 2000………………..85% or more.
(2) The paper recycling system established by the department shall provide for the expansion and improvement of any wastepaper recycling system that exists on March 30, 1989 and shall provide for all of the following:
(a) An aggressive program to locate and develop, if necessary, markets for recyclable wastepaper products.
(b) An education program to assure that employees who participate in the recycling system are knowledgeable about both of the following:
(i) The importance of recycling paper.
(ii) The components of the paper recycling system and how the system will impact each employee.
(c) The recovery of all wastepaper for which a market is available and accessible.
(d) The separation of the recyclable wastepaper by the generator in close proximity to the point at which the paper product enters the waste stream.
(e) A central collection system within each building or office of facility that is participating in the recycling system.
(f) The compiling of information and the preparation of an annual written report to be sent to the governor, the senate majority leader, the speaker of the house, and the chief justice of the supreme court, detailing the implementation and operation of the paper recycling system; the level of participation in the paper recycling system of offices, facilities, and agencies within each branch of government; the availability of markets for the wastepaper collected; recommendations on how the market for recycled paper can be stimulated; and recommendations regarding whether the system can be and should be expanded.