with the Department of General Services, shall establish and
implement a source-separation and collection program for
recyclable materials produced as a result of agency operations,
including, at a minimum, aluminum, high grade office paper and
corrugated paper. The source-separation and collection program
shall include, at a minimum, procedures for collecting and
storing recyclable materials, bins or containers for storing
materials, and contractual or other arrangements with buyers.
(b) Waste reduction.--[Within two years after the effective
date of this act, each] Each Commonwealth agency, in
coordination with the Department of General Services, shall
establish and implement a waste reduction program for materials
used in the course of agency operations. The program shall be
designed and implemented to achieve the maximum feasible
reduction of waste generated as a result of agency operations.
(c) Use of composted materials.--[All] Subject to the
provisions of subsection (d), all Commonwealth agencies
responsible for the maintenance of public lands in this
Commonwealth shall, to the maximum extent practicable and
feasible, give due consideration and preference to the use of
compost materials, including mushroom substrate, in all land
maintenance activities which are to be paid with public funds.
(d) Use of compost and compost products in projects.--
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, compost and compost products shall be utilized as
recycled materials in projects as a best management practice
for:
(i) Erosion and sediment control.
(ii) Postconstruction storm water management.
(2) The department shall:
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