Section 7. Grants and contracts.
The department is authorized:
(1) To make grants to local agencies and nonprofit
organizations to establish and administer programs to prevent
the unauthorized disposal of waste on State forest and State
park lands or abutting lands, to encourage the proper
disposal of waste in areas in which such lands are located,
to encourage recycling and reduction of waste in those areas
and to increase public awareness of proper waste disposal
methods.
(2) To enter into contracts and agreements with
Commonwealth agencies, local agencies, corporations,
partnerships, associations or other organizations to carry
out the purposes of this act.