The department shall collect, prepare and disseminate information and conduct educational and training programs designed to assist in the implementation of solid waste management programs under ss. 287.01 to 287.27, enhance municipal and county solid waste management programs under s. 287.09 (2) (a) and inform the public of the relationship among an individual’s consumption of goods and services, the generation of different types and quantities of solid waste and the implementation of the solid waste management priorities in s. 287.05 (12). The department shall prepare the information and programs on a statewide basis for the following groups:

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 287.21

  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)   Municipal, county and state officials and employees.
   (2)   Kindergarten through graduate students and teachers.
   (3)   Private solid waste scrap brokers, dealers and processors.
   (4)   Businesses that use or could use recycled materials or that produce or could produce products from recycled materials and persons who provide support services to those businesses.
   (5)   The general public.

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