SECTIONS 42620-42622 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 42620-42622

42620. (a) The Legislature finds as follows:
(1) There are 1,029 school districts and 7,170 schools in
California.
(2) Source reduction and recycling programs in the schools will
significantly assist cities and counties in meeting the solid waste
diversion goals set for 1995 and the year 2000, by Section 41780.
(3) Source reduction and recycling programs in the schools will
also educate children on the importance of these activities, and will
teach them waste management skills that will last throughout their
lives.
(b) The Legislature, therefore, declares that school districts
throughout the state should be assisted in establishing and
implementing source reduction and recycling programs.

42621. The board shall develop and implement a source reduction and
recycling program for school districts which shall include, but not
be limited to, all of the following elements:
(a) A survey of school districts throughout the state to determine
which districts already have source reduction and recycling programs
and which districts need those programs.
(b) Development of a model waste reduction and recycling program
for school districts.
(c) Providing training for school districts on how to implement
source reduction and recycling programs.
(d) Providing ongoing technical and informational assistance for
school districts implementing source reduction and recycling
programs.
(e) Establishment of a repository of literature and teaching
materials from other states and institutions which have instituted
source reduction and recycling programs for their waste stream.
(f) Determining the types of equipment needed by school districts
to implement source reduction recycling programs.
(g) Providing assistance to school districts in locating markets
for their reusable or recyclable materials.
(h) Disseminating information to school districts on office
equipment and other items which are made from recycled materials and
which are available for purchase by school districts.

42622. The source reduction and recycling program for school
districts developed pursuant to Section 42621 shall, to the extent
feasible, be designed to complement and further the educational goals
of the supplementary educational materials developed pursuant to
Part 4 (commencing with Section 71300) of Division 34, and the
integrated waste management issues addressed within the science
curriculum framework developed by the State Board of Education.