§ 74-9-2 — Purposes

The purposes of the Solid Waste Act are to: A. authorize and direct the establishment of a comprehensive solid waste management program; B. provide technical, financial and program development assistance to counties and municipalities for solid waste management; C. enhance the beauty and quality of the environment; conserve, recover and recycle resources; and protect the public health, safety and welfare; D. plan for and regulate, in the most economically feasible, cost-effective and environmentally safe manner, the reduction, storage, collection, transportation, separation, processing, recycling and disposal of solid waste; E. provide the opportunity and incentive for counties and municipalities to plan adequately and provide for cost-effective and environmentally safe solid waste management at the local level; F. require issuance of permits for the construction, operation and, if applicable, closure and postclosure maintenance of solid waste facilities; G. promote source reduction, recycling, reuse, treatment and transformation of solid waste as viable alternatives to disposal of those wastes by landfill disposal methods; and H. require the state and its agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions to develop procurement policies that aid and promote the development of recycling recyclable materials.

Legislative History

Laws 1990, ch. 99, § 2.