Section 16-315. Notice, education and research programs

a. In addition to
  the notice requirements of section one thousand forty-three  of  chapter
  forty-five  of  the charter, within thirty days of the effective date of
  any regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and as  frequently
  thereafter  as  the  commissioner  deems necessary, the department shall
  notify  all  community  boards  and   persons   occupying   residential,
  commercial  and  industrial premises affected by the regulations, of the
  requirements of the regulations, by placing advertisements in newspapers
  of citywide, borough-wide and community circulation, posting notices  in
  public  places  where  such  notices are customarily placed, and, in the
  commissioner's discretion, employing any  other  means  of  notification
  deemed necessary and appropriate.
    b.  Within  twelve  months  of the effective date of this chapter, the
  department shall  develop  and  implement  an  educational  program,  in
  conjunction   with  the  board  of  education,  private  schools,  labor
  organizations, businesses, neighborhood organizations, community boards,
  and other interested and affected parties, and using flyers,  print  and
  electronic  advertising,  public  events, promotional activities, public
  service announcements, and such other  techniques  as  the  commissioner
  determines  to  be  useful,  to  assure  the  greatest possible level of
  compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The educational  program
  shall encourage waste reduction, the reuse of materials, the purchase of
  recyclable  products,  and  participation  in city and private recycling
  activities.
    c.  The  department  shall  perform  such  research  and   development
  activities,  in  cooperation  with  other  city agencies, and public and
  private institutions, as the commissioner determines to  be  helpful  in
  implementing  the city's recycling program. Such research shall include,
  but not be  limited  to,  investigation  into  the  use  of  cooperative
  marketing  programs,  material  recovery  facilities,  recycling  as  an
  economic development tool, export promotion, tax credits and  exemptions
  for market promotion.