{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-8-160","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 12-8-160","heading":"Legislative findings and declarations.","body":"The General Assembly finds and declares that:\n(1) The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to public health and safety and to the environment;\n(2) Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid waste stream;\n(3) The presence of heavy metals in packaging is a concern in light of the likely presence of heavy metals in emissions or ash when packaging is incinerated or in leachate when packaging is landfilled;\n(4) Lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium, on the basis of available scientific and medical evidence, are of particular concern;\n(5) It is desirable as a first step in reducing the toxicity of packaging waste to eliminate the addition of heavy metals to packaging; and\n(6) It is desirable to achieve reduction in toxicity without impeding or discouraging the expanded use of postconsumer materials in the production of packaging and its components.","path":["TITLE 12 Conservation And Natural Resources","CHAPTER 8 Waste Management","Article 7 Product Packaging"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.12.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"1f7d04d8dca6a750c6913c3ce7524c3c4184373de6ce4a1cd6d96cf737313fd1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-8-142","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-8-161"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}