The commissioner shall

1. (1) coordinate programs of state and local agencies relating to litter control and recycling,
2. (2) develop public education programs concerning litter and recycling,
3. (3) encourage, organize and coordinate voluntary citizen and business organizations' antilitter and recycling campaigns,
4. (4) investigate the availability of private and public funds available for such programs and
5. (5) study available research and developments in the area of litter control and recycling.

(P.A. 74-262, S. 2, 7; P.A. 78-319, S. 3, 15; P.A. 81-239, S. 1, 2.)

History: P.A. 78-319 added references to recycling, deleted obsolete provisions which had provided for department's action in preparation for instituting litter control programs, i.e. recommendations re standard receptacles, state litter bags, study of litter legislation in other states and report to governor and general assembly, and added new provisions setting forth commissioner's duties, etc., effective January 1, 1980; Sec. 22a-27b transferred to Sec. 22a-82 in 1979; P.A. 81-239 repealed Subsecs. (b) to (e) relieving the commissioner of responsibility of adopting regulations on litter receptacles and placing them on state property and at public places, and designing litter bags; Sec. 22a-82 transferred to Sec. 22a-249 in 1983.