§ 42649

Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 476, Sec. 12. (AB 341) Effective January 1, 2012.
(a)It is the intent of the Legislature to require businesses to recycle solid waste that they generate.
(b)It is the intent of the Legislature to allow jurisdictions flexibility in developing and maintaining commercial solid waste recycling programs.
(c)It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by diverting commercial solid waste to recycling efforts and to expand the opportunity for additional recycling services and recycling manufacturing facilities in California.

Other sections in Chapter 12.8 - Recycling of Commercial Solid Waste

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