2.__Consumer education.__As part of a plan approved by the department pursuant to section 1319-BB, a producer must take appropriate steps to implement a consumer education plan that is designed to ensure that consumers and users of electronic equipment understand the following:

A.__The prohibition on disposal of electronic waste by any means not included as part of the plan;

B.__The electronic waste return and collection systems available to them;

C.__The potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances contained in electronic equipment and the dangers of improper disposal; and

D.__The consumers' and users' roles in contributing to the reuse, recycling and other forms of electronic waste recovery.

3.__Public education.__Within 24 months following implementation of the producer's product recovery program pursuant to section 1319-CC, each producer shall demonstrate that it has achieved a level of 85% public awareness of the program for each of its covered product categories through independent public polling.__Producers may collectively undertake such a demonstration of public awareness so long as the polling instrument is designed to identify public awareness of a majority of producers' programs or a majority of the electronic equipment types covered by this subchapter.__ The design, protocols and implementation plan for the opinion polling required in this subsection must be approved by the department.

4.__Information to recyclers and processors.__As part of a plan, and in order to facilitate the environmentally sound treatment of electronic waste, producers shall implement adequate measures to provide information to recyclers and other waste processors for the producers' electronic equipment.__Within one year after new electronic equipment enters the market, producers shall provide new information to recyclers and other waste processors regarding the end-of-life treatment of the new product relating to disassembly, material content and safety.

1319-GG.__Environmental performance requirements