KRS 45A.500: Legislative findings.

It is the finding of the General Assembly that a necessary component of waste

management must be to reduce the quantity of waste; that recycling reduces the quantity

of solid waste and reduces the costs to the state and local governments for collecting,

transporting, landfilling, or incinerating solid waste, reduces litter on roadsides and

waterways, creates income producing opportunities, and conserves energy and raw

materials. It is also the finding of the General Assembly that government makes

purchases in large volumes which significantly affects the availability, variety, price, and

consumer acceptance of the products and services purchased by government. The General

Assembly further finds that by eliminating policies and practices which discriminate

against government procuring recycled material content products as well as products and

services compatible with recycled material content goods, and that by requiring

government purchases of products which contain the maximum possible amount of

recycled materials, the availability and variety of recycled material content products will

increase and removal and recycling of materials from the solid waste stream will grow.

Finally, the General Assembly finds that instituting policies and practices to stimulate the

availability and use of recycled material content products will help educate business and

individual consumers about the value of recycling as a component of a waste

management policy.