(a) Guidelines. Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this Chapter and in accordance with Section 511, the Director will issue guidelines for development and implementation of a Resource Conservation Plan. The guidelines will cover, at a minimum, the following elements of a Resource Conservation Plan:
(1) Waste reduction, prevention and reuse;
(2) Facilitation of collection of recyclable materials;
(3) Maximizing purchases of recycled products;
(4) Operational issues that influence the ability of the City department to recycle, such as janitorial contracts;
(5) Product substitution;
(6) Equipment purchases that could facilitate recycling;
(7) Development of a diversion goal and methods of evaluating whether the goal is being met; and
(8) Examples of model programs for heterogeneous and homogenous waste streams.
(b) Within eighteen (18) months of the effective date of this Chapter, each department that generates a heterogeneous waste stream (As determined by the Director's guidelines) shall conduct and submit to the Director for review and approval a Resource Conservation Plan.
(c) Within twenty-four (24) months of the effective date of this Chapter, each department that generates a homogenous waste stream (As determined by the Director's guidelines) shall conduct and submit to the Director for review and approval a Resource Conservation Plan.
(Added by Ord. 171-03, File No. 030422, App. 7/3/2003)
(Derivation Former Administrative Code Section 21A.5; added by Ord. 83-00, File No. 000392, App. 5/12/2000)