Creation of the Municipal Recycling Program

There is hereby created a Municipal Recycling Program within the Guam Solid Waste Authority to promote recycling on the municipal level in partnership with the village mayors. The program shall incorporate the following components:

(a)Recycling Drop-Off Bins. GSWA shall solicit drop-off bins from recycling companies that would be made available to each mayor participating in the Municipal Recycling Program.

(1)The recycling drop-off bins shall be rust-proof, and located at a suitable site within the respective villages so that the residents will have a repository to which they can bring recyclable materials in accordance with guidelines established by the Guam Solid Waste Authority.

(2)The mayors of each village participating in the program will be responsible for the security and cleaning of the bins, and the supervision of their use for recycling purposes.

(b)Village Education Program. In coordination with the village mayors, GEPA and GSWA shall create educational programs to promote recycling and the use of the recycling drop-off bins within each village.

(c)Sale of Recyclable Materials.

(1)In partnership with the village mayors, GSWA shall arrange for the sale of recyclable materials, collected at the Recycling Drop-off Bins in each village, to recycling companies.

(2)The proceeds from the sale of recyclable materials shall be deposited into the respective Municipal Recycling Proceeds Fund of the village from which the recyclable materials were collected.

(d)The Program shall first begin with pilot programs at three

(3)villages; one

(1)each from northern, central, and southern Guam. The selection of the three

(3)villages shall be made by GSWA in concert with the village mayors.