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Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling Policies 1. Waste reduction, reuse, and recycling efforts will focus on materials that offer the greatest benefits, including: • resource conservation • pollution prevention • economic benefits (jobs created/taxes paid by the industry/avoided disposal costs) 2. Recycling collection services will • be available to all generators in the region, • be consistent and efficient, and • maximize the volume of waste recycled. 3. Anoka County encourages and promotes waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and environmentally preferable purchasing practices. 4. Anoka County encourages those holding public events where mixed municipal solid waste is collected to have sufficient recycling containers available, clear consistent signage and make certain the material collected is recycled. cc i s ? ) ' 5. All public entities within the county will have sufficienjcycling containers and a. collection system for recyclables from their facilities and parks as required in Minn. Stat. §115A.151. A public entity shall: ensure that facilities`under its control, from which mixed municipal solid waste is collected, have containers for at least three recyclable materials, such as, but not limited to paper, glass, plastic and metal; and transfer all recyclable materials collected to a recycler. 6. Anoka County encourages the collection of additional recyclable materials as technology and markets become available. General Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling Strategies — The county will 1. Work with the region to develop and disseminate consistent messages regarding purchasing decisions and waste management practices that promote reduction, reuse, recycling, and environmentally preferable purchasing. 2. Work with the region to develop consistent messages and increase recycling promotions to inform generators about how to recycle in an effort to increase the amount of material recycled. 3. Work with its municipalities and the waste industry to research recycling programs and opportunities in other regions of the country in an effort to increase recycling: • Develop an action plan to maximize residential recycling. • Evaluate programs and propose solutions to increase recycling. • Incorporate consistent terminology for material collected for recycling. • Evaluate available waste sorts to determine targeted materials for recycling promotions. 4. Work with the region to improve the collection of recycling data for state reports and planning puuposes.. 11\--0:0 c P.= : cs -t i � 1 'CO