It is the policy of the State of Arkansas to encourage and promote recycling in order to conserve natural resources, conserve energy, and preserve landfill space. In furtherance of this policy, the State of Arkansas adopts as a goal in the new century the recycling of forty percent (40%) of its municipal solid waste and forty-five percent (45%) of its municipal solid waste, as shall be determined by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality or the Division of Environmental Quality by rule.
Ark. Code Ann. § 8-9-101
Policy
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case City of Fort Smith, Arkansas v. Jennifer Merriott, Individually and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated (2023)
Most recently applied in City of Fort Smith, Arkansas v. Jennifer Merriott, Individually and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated (March 2023)
Acts 1991, No. 749, § 1; 2001, No. 94, § 1; 2019, No. 315, § 682; 2019, No. 910, § 2854.
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