The Authority shall, pursuant to the provisions of § 6403(j) of this title, incorporate into the statewide solid waste management plan, to the extent deemed necessary, provisions for: (1) The long term planning of a coordinated program of source separation of recyclable materials and utilization of large scale resources recovery projects; (2) The establishment of recycling centers to receive and handle source separated recyclable materials; (3) The development of a marketing program for the state, national or international sale of recovered materials; (4) The development of an informational program and establishment of specifications and requirements for delivery of source separated recyclable materials to recycling centers to assure marketability of recovered materials; (5) The development of a program for cooperation with the private sector to further the purposes and objectives of source separated recycling and waste reduction; (6) The development of a program of coordination and cooperation with public interest groups and municipalities to further statewide recycling and waste reduction; (7) The development of a program of public education and promotion for statewide recycling and waste reduction; (8) The development of a program to source separate materials from the solid waste stream which are harmful to the environment including but not limited to used oil and filters, batteries, household hazardous wastes, electronic wastes, etc., as long as economically sustainable in the judgment of the Authority for purposes of separate authorized disposal; (9) The development of a system of registration and information gathering regarding the nature and extent of recycling and waste reduction undertaken throughout the State; (10) The development of incentive programs to encourage local and statewide recycling and waste reduction; (11) The implementation of a source-separated recycling system that balances the need for drop-off recycling centers with public and private sector implementation and expansion of curbside recycling programs except where a municipal government implements curbside recycling within its jurisdiction, the Authority may, after consultation with the local municipality, remove the drop off sites located within the same jurisdiction with the goal of maintaining at least one existing drop-off recycling center in each municipality until January 1, 2014; and (12) Providing at no cost to those persons required to provide curbside recycling services pursuant to § 6053 of this title the Authority's unneeded wheeled recycling carts on the basis determined by the Authority for the purpose of minimizing the costs associated with the implementation of universal recycling when the Authority ceases providing curbside recycling services in accordance with § 6053(1) of this title.
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