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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 540 and 563 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65506,"section_number":"10.1-1411","catch_line":"Regional and local solid waste management plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1411\/"}],"permalink":{"id":156607,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74595,"identifier":"15.2-939","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/2\/15.2-939","url":"\/15.2-939\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-939\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/2\/15.2-939","dublin_core":{"Title":"Ordinances requiring recycling reports","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-939","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> may by ordinance<\/span> require all nonresidential solid waste generators and companies that manage solid waste or recycle materials<\/span> generated within its jurisdiction<\/span> to annually report such nonproprietary information regarding waste generation, waste management, and recycling as is necessary to facilitate compliance with regulations adopted pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1411<\/a>. Any report required under this section shall be based on volume or weight, provided that where such measurements cannot be accurately determined, the report may be based on carefully estimated data.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDINANCES REQUIRING RECYCLING REPORTS (\u00a7 15.2-939)\n\nAny locality may by ordinance require all nonresidential solid waste generators\nand companies that manage solid waste or recycle materials generated within its\njurisdiction to annually report such nonproprietary information regarding waste\ngeneration, waste management, and recycling as is necessary to facilitate\ncompliance with regulations adopted pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1411. Any report\nrequired under this section shall be based on volume or weight, provided that\nwhere such measurements cannot be accurately determined, the report may be based\non carefully estimated data.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, cc. 540, 563, \u00a7 15.1-11.5:2; 1997, c. 587.","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}}