(1) A reduction in the generation of unwanted paint and the promotion of its reuse and recycling;

(2) Provision of convenient and available statewide collection of post-consumer paint from entities covered by the program in all areas of the State;

(3) Management of post-consumer paint using environmentally sound management practices in an economically sound manner, including following the paint waste management hierarchy of source reduction, reuse, recycling, energy recovery and disposal;

(4) Establishment of a process for managing paint containers collected under the program, including recycling all recyclable containers;

(5) Negotiation and execution by the operator of agreements to collect, transport, reuse, recycle, burn for energy recovery and dispose of post-consumer paint using environmentally sound management practices; and

(6) Provision of education and outreach efforts by the operator to promote the program. The education and outreach efforts must include strategies for reaching consumers in all areas of the State and the method the program will use to evaluate the effectiveness of its education and outreach efforts;

(1) Signage that is prominently displayed and easily visible to the consumer;

(2) Printed materials and templates of materials for reproduction by retailers to be provided to the consumer at the time of purchase or delivery;

(3) Advertising or other promotional materials that include references to the paint stewardship program; and

(4) A manual for paint retailers providing collection site procedures to ensure the use of environmentally sound management practices when handling architectural paints.

(1) A description of the methods used to collect, transport, reduce, reuse and process post-consumer paint in the State;

(2) The volume of post-consumer paint collected in the State;

(3) The volume and type of post-consumer paint collected in the State by method of disposition, including reuse, recycling and other methods of processing;

(4) The total cost of implementing the paint stewardship program, as determined by an independent financial audit funded from the paint stewardship assessment. The report of total cost must include a breakdown of administrative, collection, transportation, disposition and communication costs;

(5) A summary of outreach and educational activities undertaken and samples of educational materials provided to consumers of architectural paint;

(6) The total volume of post-consumer paint collected by the paint stewardship program and a breakdown of the volume collected at each collection site;

(7) Based on the paint stewardship assessment collected by the paint stewardship program, the total volume of architectural paint sold in the State during the preceding year;

(8) A list of all processors used to manage post-consumer paint collected by the paint stewardship program in the preceding year up to the paint's final disposition, the volume each processor accepted and the disposition method used by each processor; and

(9) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the paint stewardship program compared to prior years and anticipated steps, if any are needed, to improve performance throughout the State.

(1) Change the paint stewardship assessment;

(2) Cover an additional product under the plan; or

(3) Modify the goals of the plan.