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Board or Commission Name: RECYCLING COMMITTEE Description: The Nashua Recycling Committee is established as an ongoing committee until such time as the Mayor and Board of Aldermen dissolve it. The purpose of this Committee is to engage volunteers in the support and promotion of recycling and responsible solid waste management in the City of Nashua. The Committee, who shall serve without compensation, will organize the efforts of citizens who are advocates of recycling in Nashua, will provide advice and assistance to the Solid Waste Department and support for the Waste Management Coordinator. The Nashua Recycling Committee will be made up of three Subcommittees: Schools, Business and Publicity. The Schools Subcommittee will initiate and promote efforts to recycle and reduce waste in Nashua schools. This Subcommittee will assist the School Department in implementing a recycling program in the schools and in incorporating appropriate courses of recycling education in the curriculum. It will also acknowledge and publicize the recycling accomplishments of Nashua’s educators and students. The Business Subcommittee will continue to research waste reduction and recycling efforts already being practiced in businesses, and will assist companies in developing waste reduction and recycling plans. The Business Subcommittee will coordinate with the Nashua Business Recycling Consortium to achieve increased business and industry recycling through cooperative marketing of materials. The Publicity Subcommittee will organize events and activities, such as the annual TRASH BASH at the Nashua Recycling Center, to increase public awareness of recycling and solid waste management plans and policies. It will keep the media informed of local school and business recycling efforts and about how much trash Nashuans are diverting from the landfill by recycling. It will publicize workshops and other activities. The Mayor will appoint five members to each Subcommittee. The term of office for each member shall be 3 years, except for the initial appointments where the term of office shall be 1 year for 5 members, 2 years for 5 members and 4 years for 5 members. It is recommended that a member of the Schools Subcommittee be a representative of the Nashua School Department. It is recommended that a representative from a local business be on the Business Subcommittee. Each Subcommittee will elect a Chair. The Chair of each Subcommittee will meet with the Waste Management Coordinator on a regular basis, the frequency to be determined by the Waste Management Coordinator. This group shall determine the workplan for each Subcommittee, and will update the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Public Works periodically on the activities and achievements of the Nashua Recycling Committee.

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