NRS396.437. Recycling of paper, paper products and other waste materials; regulations and procedures; exception; deposit of money received.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the System shall recycle or cause to be recycled the paper and paper products it uses. This subsection does not apply to confidential documents if there is an additional cost for recycling those documents.

      2.  The System is not required to comply with the requirements of subsection 1 if the Board of Regents determines that the cost to recycle or cause to be recycled the paper and paper products used by the System or one of its branches or facilities is unreasonable and would place an undue burden on the operations of the System, branch or facility.

      3.  The Board of Regents shall adopt regulations which prescribe the procedure for the disposition of the paper and paper products to be recycled. The Board of Regents shall prescribe procedures for the recycling of other waste material produced on the premises of the System, a branch or a facility, including, without limitation, the placement of recycling containers on the premises of the System, a branch or a facility where services for the collection of solid waste are provided.

      4.  Any money received by the System for recycling or causing to be recycled the paper and paper products it uses and other waste material it produces must be accounted for separately and used to carry out the provisions of this section.

      5.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Paper” includes newspaper, high-grade office paper, fine paper, bond paper, offset paper, xerographic paper, mimeo paper, duplicator paper and any other cellulosic material which contains not more than 10 percent by weight or volume of a noncellulosic material, including, but not limited to, a laminate, binder, coating and saturant.

      (b) “Paper product” means any paper article or commodity, including, but not limited to, paper napkins, towels, cardboard, construction material, paper and any other cellulosic material which contains not more than 10 percent by weight or volume of a noncellulosic material, including, but not limited to, a laminate, binder, coating and saturant.

      (c) “Solid waste” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 444.490.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 907; A 1993, 348; 1999, 3184; 2009, 835)