Office of Cooperative Marketing for Recyclables — Duties

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
4. Solid Waste Disposal
5. Solid Waste Management Act of 1991
6. Office of Cooperative Marketing for Recyclables — Duties

1. From funds available from the solid waste management fund established by § 68-211-821, the department of environment and conservation shall establish an office of cooperative marketing for recyclables.
2. The duties of the office of cooperative marketing for recyclables include:
   1. Preparing and maintaining a directory of regional buyers, which shall include current information on product specifications, markets and price ranges;
   2. Preparing and maintaining a directory of public and private, for profit and nonprofit recycling programs;
   3. Collecting information on the quantity and quality of materials offered for sale by recycling programs;
   4. Assisting counties in contract negotiation;
   5. Creating a data base for and operating an interactive information clearinghouse and marketing service, which shall include pricing information; and
   6. Maintaining an inventory of available quantities, qualities and locations of recyclable materials in Tennessee, and marketing such sites to industries which can utilize available materials.

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