C.__Imports electronic equipment for first sale in the State.

7.__Recycling.__"Recycling" means the reprocessing of waste materials for the original purpose of the material or for other purposes, but not for the purpose of energy recovery or energy generation by means of combusting electronic waste.

8.__Reuse.__"Reuse" means any operation by which electronic waste or components of electronic waste are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived, including the continued use of the equipment or components of the equipment that are returned to collection points, recyclers or producers.

§1319-BB.__Submission and approval of plan

Within 6 months of the effective date of this section, each producer of electronic equipment sold in the State shall submit to the department for approval a plan for producer- financed collection, recovery and recycling of electronic waste.__Plans must be submitted to, reviewed by and approved by the department.__Plans will be evaluated based on their sufficiency in light of all the required elements in this subchapter, and the department shall develop a means for scoring initial submissions and providing feedback to producers for integration into their final plans.__To be approved, a plan must, at a minimum, provide the following:

1.__Collection strategy.__A strategy for financing the collection, treatment, recovery, reuse and disposition of all electronic equipment sold by that producer in the State;

2.__Orphaned waste and historic waste strategy.__A strategy for financing that producer's share of orphaned waste and historic waste in the State;

3.__Product recovery strategy.__A strategy for meeting the product recovery and materials reuse and recycling rates under section 1319-GG, subsections 1 and 2;

4.__Labeling strategy.__A strategy for meeting the labeling, consumer notification and public education requirements pursuant to section 1319-FF that are necessary to ensure the protection of electronic users and electronic waste processors and recyclers and to ensure consumer participation in the producer's product recovery program;