SECTIONS 42900-42901 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 42900-42901

42900. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Access Act of 1991.

42901. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Cities and counties must divert 50 percent of all solid waste
by January 1, 2000, through source reduction, recycling, and
composting activities.
(b) Diverting 50 percent of all solid waste requires the
participation of the residential, commercial, industrial, and public
sectors.
(c) The lack of adequate areas for collecting and loading
recyclable materials that are compatible with surrounding land uses
is a significant impediment to diverting solid waste and constitutes
an urgent need for state and local agencies, to address access to
solid waste for source reduction, recycling, and composting
activities.