Alexandria, VA Recycling

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Alexandria, Virginia Recycling

Type: Ordinance

Status: Adopted

Date: February 25, 2006

Statement of Policy:

The City Council of the City of Alexandria finds that in order to preserve natural resources, conserve energy, reduce the amount of disposable waste and the cost of waste disposal, and provide for a more efficient and effective means of disposing of waste materials, it is appropriate to exercise the police power in order to initiate a mandatory recycling program. Therefore, in order to reduce the volume of solid wastes and to encourage the effort to recover and reuse valuable resources, this mandatory recycling program is established.

Full Details: http://www.alexrecycles.org/pdf/recyclingordinance.pdf