Legislative Findings and Declarations
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Law
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Georgia Code
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Conservation and Natural Resources
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Waste Management
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Product Packaging
- Legislative Findings and Declarations
The General Assembly finds and declares that:
- The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to public health and safety and to the environment;
- Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid waste stream;
- 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;
- Lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium, on the basis of available scientific and medical evidence, are of particular concern;
- It is desirable as a first step in reducing the toxicity of packaging waste to eliminate the addition of heavy metals to packaging; and
- 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.
(Code 1981, §12-8-160, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2968, § 1.)
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