KRS 224.50-850: Legislative findings.

The General Assembly finds that waste tires are a threat to human health, safety, and the

environment when they are not properly managed. The General Assembly further finds

that waste tires can be used in civil engineering applications, as tire-derived fuel, and may

be recycled, but that markets for these uses have not been adequately developed.

Therefore, a waste tire program should be established to manage waste tires in a way that

protects human health, safety, and the environment, and which encourages t he

development of markets for waste tires.