(a) The commission shall develop a public awareness program to increase awareness of individual responsibility for properly reducing and disposing of municipal solid waste and to encourage participation in waste source reduction, composting, reuse, and recycling. The program shall include:
(1) a media campaign to develop and disseminate educational materials designed to establish broad public understanding and compliance with the state’s waste reduction and recycling goals; and
(2) a curriculum, developed in cooperation with the commissioner of education and suitable for use in programs from kindergarten through high school, that promotes waste reduction and recycling.
(b) As part of the program, the commission may:
(1) advise and consult with individuals, businesses, and manufacturers on source reduction techniques and recycling; and
(2) sponsor or cosponsor with public and private organizations technical workshops and seminars on source reduction and recycling.