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Solid Waste Management Hierarchy

Partnerships

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

Created on May 5, 2010

Region 2 EPA Administrator

Purpose

Promote waste reduction, reusing products, recycling, and composting through a working partnership.

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

Goals

Establish a working partnership across all sectors

Manage solid waste reducing harm to the environment

Dispose waste in cost feasible manner

Educate the public

Ensure effective implementation

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

Mode of Operation Collaborative Governance – Problem Solving Process Active involvement of all key parties Maintain transparency in all deliberations

Who is involved? Government (at all levels) Non-profit organizations Citizens Environmental groups Private sector

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

Committees

Vision

Organics

Public Education and Outreach

Market Development

Infrastructure and Finance

Source Reduction

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

Organics Committee

Composting project at PRASA - WWTP

Composting project at universities

Composting projects at landfills

Promote the creation of domestic composting projects

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

Public Education and Outreach Committee

“Promotores de Reciclaje”

Education campaign

Poster contest

High school video contest initiative

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

Infrastructure Committee

Recycling and Composting Economic and Infrastructure Plan (Draft)

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

Market Development Committee

Statistics analysis

Improve drop-off conditions

Improve recyclable materials flow – statistics

Municipal pilot project

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

Source Reduction Committee

Implement a method to measure total waste generation based on weight

Revise existing educational training courses to emphasize on source reduction

Material Exchange

Alternatives for demolition debris

Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership

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