(a) From funds available from the solid waste management fund established by § 68-211-821, the department shall establish an office of cooperative marketing for recyclables.
(b) The duties of the office of cooperative marketing for recyclables include:(1) Preparing and maintaining a directory of regional buyers, which may include current information on product specifications, markets, and price ranges;(2) Preparing and maintaining a directory of public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit recycling programs;(3) Collecting voluntary information on the quantity and quality of materials offered for sale by recycling programs;(4) Creating a database for and operating an interactive information clearinghouse and marketing service, which may include market range pricing information;(5) Maintaining an inventory of available quantities, qualities, and locations of recyclable materials in this state;(6) Actively marketing sites identified for purposes of subdivision (b)(5) to industries that can utilize available materials in order to drive economic development in the recyclables marketplace;(7) Supporting voluntary regionalization efforts among counties, municipalities, solid waste planning regions, and other entities in the development and implementation of recycling programs and recyclable materials market development;(8) Identifying areas of collaboration with relevant state agencies, including the department of economic and community development, to support economic development in the recycling industry; and(9) Coordinating with the recycling market development and diversion advisory council, established by § 68-211-827, on the development and marketing strategy of the statewide recyclables marketplace.
(1) Preparing and maintaining a directory of regional buyers, which may include current information on product specifications, markets, and price ranges;
(2) Preparing and maintaining a directory of public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit recycling programs;
(3) Collecting voluntary information on the quantity and quality of materials offered for sale by recycling programs;
(4) Creating a database for and operating an interactive information clearinghouse and marketing service, which may include market range pricing information;
(5) Maintaining an inventory of available quantities, qualities, and locations of recyclable materials in this state;
(6) Actively marketing sites identified for purposes of subdivision (b)(5) to industries that can utilize available materials in order to drive economic development in the recyclables marketplace;
(7) Supporting voluntary regionalization efforts among counties, municipalities, solid waste planning regions, and other entities in the development and implementation of recycling programs and recyclable materials market development;
(8) Identifying areas of collaboration with relevant state agencies, including the department of economic and community development, to support economic development in the recycling industry; and
(9) Coordinating with the recycling market development and diversion advisory council, established by § 68-211-827, on the development and marketing strategy of the statewide recyclables marketplace.
(c) This section does not expand or modify the department's regulatory, tax, or fee authority.
(d) All proprietary, confidential, or competitively sensitive information submitted by a private entity pursuant to this section must be treated as confidential business information and is not subject to disclosure under title 10, chapter 7.