                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT OF POLLUTION PREVENTION POLICY (§ 10.1-1425.11)

It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth (i) that the Commonwealth should
encourage pollution prevention activities by removing barriers and providing
incentives and assistance, and (ii) that the generation of environmental waste
should be reduced or eliminated at the source, whenever feasible; environmental
waste that is generated should be reused whenever feasible; environmental waste
that cannot be reduced or reused should be recycled whenever feasible;
environmental waste that cannot be reduced, reused, or recycled should be
treated in an environmentally safe manner; and disposal should be employed only
as a last resort and should be conducted in an environmentally safe manner. It
shall also be the policy of the Commonwealth to minimize the transfer of
environmental wastes from one environmental medium to another.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 459.