~ Education <br />balanced approach among waste prevention, reuse, recycling and <br />.disposal as methods for solid waste management in Oregon. <br />• Responsible Party: Department of Environmental Quality <br />• Resources: Department of Education, Business, Industry <br />e Timeline: Second Third <br />B. Provide assemblies, tours and other activities for primary and . <br />secondary schools to promote an understanding of prevention, <br />reuse and recycling.. <br />• Responsible Party: Industry and Business <br />e Resource: Locai School Districts <br />• Timeline: Second Third <br />C. Promote the solid waste curriculum among primary and <br />secondary educators and school districts. Local school districts <br />will be educated about their benefits and educational <br />significance. <br />• Responsible Party: Department of Education <br />• Timeline: Second Third <br />Objective 3 ~. <br />Make it a priority to develop a strong environmental post-secondary education pro- <br />gram with an emphasis on solid waste resource management in publicly funded institutions. <br />Oregon will be recognized nationally and internationally as having one of the best college <br />and university level environmental education programs available. <br />Strategies: <br />A; Develop curricula for managing sustainable and secondary <br />resources and residual wastes in four year colleges and <br />universities. <br />• Responsible Party: Department of Higher Education <br />• Resources: Business, Industry, Federal Government, Economic Development <br />Department, Department of Environmental Quality <br />o Timeline: Second Third <br />Education <br />B. Provide undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and <br />business programs with enhanced exposure to the inter- <br />disciplinary field of materials recycling and waste prevention. <br />• Responsible Party: Department of Higher Education <br />o Resource: Business, Industry, Federal Government, Economic Development <br />Department, Department of Environmental Quality <br />• Timeline: Second Third <br />C. Develop industry outreach programs in which material <br />engineering concepts related to new and existing recycling <br />technology and waste prevention technology are incorporated. <br />• Responsible Party: Department of Higher Education <br />f • Resource: Industry <br />• Timeline: Second Third <br />D. Establish solid waste management educational programs serving <br />personnel from the industrial and public sectors through <br />workshops and continuing education. <br />e Responsible Party: Department of Higher Education <br />e Resource: Business and Industry <br />• Timeline: Third Third <br />E. Establish a shared funding approach that will support a recycling <br />and waste prevention technology educational program through <br />Oregon's institutions of higher education. <br />• Responsible Party: Business, Industry . <br />s Resource: Department of Higher Education <br />• Timeline: Second Third <br />16 17 <br />