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45A.500 Legislative findings.
It is the finding of the General Assembly that a necessary component of waste
management must be to reduce the quantity of waste; that recycling reduces the
quantity of solid waste and reduces the costs to the state and local governments for
collecting, transporting, landfilling, or incinerating solid waste, reduces litter on
roadsides and waterways, creates income producing opportunities, and conserves
energy and raw materials. It is also the finding of the General Assembly that
government makes purchases in large volumes which significantly affects the
availability, variety, price, and consumer acceptance of the products and services
purchased by government. The General Assembly further finds that by eliminating
policies and practices which discriminate against government procuring recycled
material content products as well as products and services compatible with recycled
material content goods, and that by requiring government purchases of products
which contain the maximum possible amount of recycled materials, the availability
and variety of recycled material content products will increase and removal and
recycling of materials from the solid waste stream will grow. Finally, the General
Assembly finds that instituting policies and practices to stimulate the availability and
use of recycled material content products will help educate business and individual
consumers about the value of recycling as a component of a waste management
policy.
Effective:July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 367, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.
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