(A) The powers and duties of the Cedar Lake Recycling Department shall be as follows:
(1) To develop and inform the town of voluntary recycling avenues available to them by:
(a) Conducting a town-wide inventory of recycling facilities within the town’s corporate limits for the following recyclable items:
(1) Aluminum containers;
(2) Corrugated papers;
(3) Glass containers;
(4) Magazines;
(5) Steel containers;
(6) Newspapers;
(7) Office waste papers;
(8) Plastic containers;
(9) Foam, polystyrene packaging; and,
(10) Containers for carbonated or malt beverages that are apparently made of a combination of steel and aluminum.
(B) Provide and issue listings of all in-town and in-county recycling facilities and “buy back” centers, and the recyclable products and materials accepted by each.
(C) Establish an information exchange for town residents which will help inform them of resource separation, recycling, composting, solid waste minimization and solid waste reduction, hazardous waste minimization, household hazards and household waste reduction facilitates and operations.
(D) Initiate a Department recycling program to require separation of aluminum, steel cans and office paper products within the entire Town Hall and all town Government Offices.
(E) Initiate an effort of requiring town departments to purchase recycled paper products and materials such as recycled paper for office stationary, copier paper, computer paper, and the like.
(F) Prepare and provide a plan for recycling efforts throughout the town to all licensed scavenger services.
(G) Study, prepare and implement curb side recycling in the town consistent with the rules and regulations of the county Solid Waste Management Board, as amended form time to time.
(Ord. 746, passed 5-25-99)