The Prince George's County Solid Waste, Resource Management and Recycling Advisory Commission ("Commission") is established to provide community input, guidance and advice to the County Executive and County Council on matters relating to solid waste, resource management and recycling management within the County.

The Commission shall have the power and duty to: Review and offer recommendations on the ten-year solid waste management plan for the County; Investigate, prepare fiscal impact statements, and make recommendations on systematic programs and alternative methods, both public and private, for the storage, collection, transportation, processing, disposal and resource recovery of solid waste, including sludge; Evaluate the impact of the solid waste management program on citizens, institutions, businesses and industries throughout the County; Recommend methods to assure public involvement in solid waste planning and develop educational programs to inform the public on all aspects of solid waste management; Recommend local and state legislation necessary to accomplish effective solid waste management; Review and comment on the annual County budget for solid waste activities; and Submit to the County Executive and County Council, and make available to the general public, an annual report of the activities of the Commission.

The Commission shall be composed of no less than nine (9) and no more than fifteen (15) members appointed by the County Executive and subject to the confirmation by the County Council. At least five (5) of the appointments, one of whom shall be designated as the vice chairman, shall be selected from a list of persons submitted by the County Council. One (1) ex-officio member may be appointed by the County Executive and one (1) ex-officio member may be appointed by the County Council. Members shall be selected so as to represent broad geographic areas of the County, the solid waste industry, business users, environmental, public health and civic community and the general public, at least one member shall be appointed from the communities surrounding the Brown Station Road landfill. The term of office for each member shall be three (3) years. The County Executive shall designate two (2) members to serve as chairman and vice chairman. The Commission members shall elect annually from their own membership such other officers as it deems necessary. Staff support shall be provided by the Department of the Environment.

The Commission shall meet in public session at least quarterly during the calendar year.