Section 16-313. Marketing recyclable materials

a.  The department shall
  establish  procedures,  standards   and   strategies   to   market   the
  department-collected recyclable materials designated pursuant to section
  16-305  of this chapter, including but not limited to maintaining a list
  of prospective buyers, establishing  contact  with  prospective  buyers,
  entering  into  contracts  with  buyers,  and  reviewing  and making any
  necessary changes in collecting or processing the materials  to  improve
  their marketability.
    b.  Within  eighteen months of the effective date of this chapter, the
  commissioner in conjunction with the  office  for  economic  development
  shall  submit  to  the  mayor,  the council, the board of estimate, each
  citizens' board created under section 16-317 of  this  chapter  and  the
  citywide  board  created under section 16-319 of this chapter a study of
  existing markets for processing and purchasing recyclable materials, and
  the potential and the steps necessary  to  expand  these  markets.  Such
  study  shall  also  include a proposal developed in conjunction with the
  department of finance to use, where feasible, the city's tax and finance
  authority to stimulate recycling and the demand for recycled materials.