Nebraska Administrative Code
Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy

Title 133 - Litter Reduction And Recycling Grant Program
Chapter 2 - Funding Activities
Effective Date of Last Revision: December 13, 2014

001 The Department shall allocate and distribute funds for projects including one or more of the following activities:

001.01 Programs of public education, motivation, and participation aimed at creating an ethic conducive to the reduction of litter, establishing an attitude against littering and a desire for a clean environment, and securing greater awareness of and compliance with anti-litter laws, including but not limited to:

001.01A The distribution of informative materials to elementary and secondary schools;

001.01B The purchase and erection of roadside signs;

001.01C The organization and operation of cleanup drives conducted by local agencies and organizations using volunteer help;

001.01D The use by state and local government units and agencies and private organizations for developing and conducting anti-litter programs; and

001.01E Other public information methods selected by the Department, including the use of media.

001.02 Cleanup of public highways, waterways, recreation lands, urban areas, and public places within the state, including but not limited to:

001.02A Payment of personnel employed by cities and counties to pick up litter;

001.02B Programs aimed at increasing the use of youth and unemployed persons in seasonal and part-time litter pickup programs and to establish work release and other programs to carry out the purposes of the Act;

001.02C Surveys conducted by public and private agencies and persons of amounts and composition of litter and rates of littering;

001.02D Research and development by public and private agencies and persons in the fields of litter reduction, removal, and disposal, including the evaluation of behavioral science techniques in litter control and the development of new equipment, and to implement such research and development when appropriate; and

001.02E Other projects approved by the Department to clean up litter.

001.03 New or improved community recycling and source separation programs, including but not limited to:

001.03A Expansion of existing and creation of new community recycling centers;

001.03B Expansion of existing and creation of new source separation programs;

001.03C Research and evaluation of markets for the materials and products recovered in source separation and recycling programs; and

001.03D Providing advice and assistance on matters relating to recycling and source separation, including information and consultation on available technology, operating procedures, organizational arrangements, markets for materials and products recovered in recycling and source separation, transportation alternatives, and publicity techniques.


Enabling Legislation: Neb. Rev. Stat. ยงยง81-1549, 81-1561 (Reissue 2008)

Legal Citation: Title 133, Ch. 2, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality