Contact: Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

Recycling Public Advisory Council to meet September 28 in Dover

DOVER (Sept. 13, 2011) – The Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC) will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 28, at DelDOT’s Felton/Farmington Room, 800 Bay Road, Dover, DE 19903.

Topics on the agenda include:

·                     Call to order, introductions 

·                     Public comments (20-minute cap, priority given to written comments)  

·                     Approval of minutes from July 27 meeting  

·                     Recycling grant/loan program update 

·                     Bottle fee collection update 

·                     Commercial recycling update 

·                     Measurement committee update 

·                     Outreach and education  

·                     Recycling market update 

·                     Old/new business  

·                     Additional public comments 

·                     Next meeting: October 26, Brandywine Hundred Library, 1300 Foulk Road, Wilmington, DE 19803 

·                     Adjourn

The Recycling Public Advisory Council was enacted into state law by Senate Bill 234 in May 2010 and charged with advising the Governor’s Office, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, and the Delaware Solid Waste Authority on all aspects of recycling, including development of grant criteria and selection of applications; a methodology for measuring recycling rates; and possible outreach activities designed to achieve higher recycling rates.

For more information on the Recycling Public Advisory Council, please visit http://www.awm.delaware.gov/Info/Pages/RPAC.aspx.

For more information or for directions to the meeting location, please contact Bill Miller, Solid & Hazardous Waste Management Branch at 302-739-9403.

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