The purchasing power of state government can be used to stimulate demand for products manufactured with recovered materials. By increasing the demand for such products, landfill space will be saved and pollution will be reduced.”
Ga. L. 2010, p. 105, § 3-1/HB 981, not codified by the General Assembly, provided for the repeal of the 2010 amendment by that Act, effective June 30, 2013.
mulch in road building, land
maintenance, and land development activities; preference of Georgia compost and mulch.
(a) All state agencies, departments, and authorities responsible for
the maintenance of public lands shall give preference to the use of compost and mulch in all road building, land maintenance, and land development activities. Preference shall be given to compost and mulch made in the State of Georgia from organics which are source separated from the state’s nonhazardous solid waste stream.
(b) The Department of Agriculture shall develop and publish in print or electronically standards for the compost and mulch required by subsection (a) of this Code section by January 1, 1994.