Contact: Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
Recycling Public Advisory Council to meet May 25 in Dover
DOVER (May 17, 2011) – The Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC) will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, at the Department of Finance, 820 Silver Lake Blvd., Dover, DE 19901.
Topics on the agenda include:
- Call to order, introductions
- Public comments (20 minute cap, priority given to written comments)
- Approval of minutes from April 27, 2011 meeting
- Recycling industry reporting requirements
- Recycling grant/loan program update
- Outreach and education
- Recycling market update
- Old/new business
- Additional public comments
- Next Meeting: June 22, 2011, 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.dnrec.delaware.gov/whs/awm/Info/Pages/RPAC.aspx.
For more information or for directions to the meeting location, please contact Shannon Splittorff, Solid & Hazardous Waste Management Branch at 302-739-9403.
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