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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 459 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68098,"section_number":"62.1-44.19:8","catch_line":"Control of discharges to toxic-impaired water","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.19_8\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":146231,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58704,"identifier":"10.1-1425.11","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.3\/10.1-1425.11","url":"\/10.1-1425.11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1425.11\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.3\/10.1-1425.11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of pollution prevention policy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1425.11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth (i) that the Commonwealth should encourage <span class=\"dictionary\">pollution prevention<\/span> activities by removing barriers and providing incentives and assistance, and (ii) that the generation of environmental <span class=\"dictionary\">waste<\/span> should be reduced or eliminated at the source, whenever feasible; environmental <span class=\"dictionary\">waste<\/span> that is generated should be reused whenever feasible; environmental <span class=\"dictionary\">waste<\/span> that cannot be reduced or reused should be recycled whenever feasible; environmental <span class=\"dictionary\">waste<\/span> that cannot be reduced, reused, or recycled should be treated in an environmentally safe manner; and <span class=\"dictionary\">disposal<\/span> should be employed only as a last resort and should be conducted in an environmentally safe manner. 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It\nshall also be the policy of the Commonwealth to minimize the transfer of\nenvironmental wastes from one environmental medium to another.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 459.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}