287.21 Statewide education program. The department shall collect, prepare and disseminate information and conduct educational and training programs designed to assist in the implementation of solid waste management programs under ss. 287.01 to 287.27, enhance municipal and county solid waste management programs under s. 287.09 (2) (a) and inform the public of the relationship among an individual's consumption of goods and services, the generation of different types and quantities of solid waste and the implementation of the solid waste management priorities in s. 287.05 (12). The department shall prepare the information and programs on a statewide basis for the following groups:
(1) Municipal, county and state officials and employees.
(2) Kindergarten through graduate students and teachers.
(3) Private solid waste scrap brokers, dealers and processors.
(4) Businesses that use or could use recycled materials or that produce or could produce products from recycled materials and persons who provide support services to those businesses.
(5) The general public.
History: 1989 a. 335; 1995 a. 227 s. 902; Stats. 1995 s. 287.21; 2015 a. 7.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 287 - Solid waste reduction, recovery and recycling.
287.03 - Departmental duties and powers.
287.05 - State solid waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting and resource recovery policy.
287.07 - Prohibitions on land disposal and incineration.
287.09 - Municipal and county duties and powers.
287.093 - Lien of recycling fees.
287.095 - Responsible unit liability.
287.10 - Limit on local regulation.
287.11 - Effective recycling programs.
287.13 - Municipal waste flow control; required use of recycling or resource recovery facility.
287.15 - Waste oil collection and recycling.
287.17 - Electronic waste recycling.
287.18 - Lead acid battery collection.
287.185 - Disposal of mercuric oxide batteries.
287.19 - Statewide technical assistance.
287.21 - Statewide education program.
287.215 - Yard waste publicity.
287.22 - Council on recycling.
287.23 - Financial assistance for responsible units.
287.24 - Recycling consolidation grants.
287.27 - Materials recovered for reuse or recycling.
287.29 - Iron and steel slag recovery.
287.91 - Enforcement; duty of department of justice; expenses.
287.95 - Penalties concerning land disposal and incineration; citations.