{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-45a.500","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 45A.500","heading":"Legislative findings.","body":"It is the finding of the General Assembly that a necessary component of waste\nmanagement must be to reduce the quantity of waste; that recycling reduces the quantity\nof solid waste and reduces the costs to the state and local governments for collecting,\ntransporting, landfilling, or incinerating solid waste, reduces litter on roadsides and\nwaterways, creates income producing opportunities, and conserves energy and raw\nmaterials. It is also the finding of the General Assembly that government makes\npurchases in large volumes which significantly affects the availability, variety, price, and\nconsumer acceptance of the products and services purchased by government. The General\nAssembly further finds that by eliminating policies and practices which discriminate\nagainst government procuring recycled material content products as well as products and\nservices compatible with recycled material content goods, and that by requiring\ngovernment purchases of products which contain the maximum possible amount of\nrecycled materials, the availability and variety of recycled material content products will\nincrease and removal and recycling of materials from the solid waste stream will grow.\nFinally, the General Assembly finds that instituting policies and practices to stimulate the\navailability and use of recycled material content products will help educate business and\nindividual consumers about the value of recycling as a component of a waste\nmanagement policy.","path":["KRS Chapter 45A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=22435","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:07Z","sha256":"75eef29b82a90dc0a93939d171346810b43bada897a0842cd95ef01b310e8176","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-45a.494","next":"us-ky/krs-45a.505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}