Kentucky Statutes 224.10-620 – Public education program on reducing and managing waste
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The Kentucky Environmental Education Council, the Energy and Environment Cabinet, and the Department of Education shall establish a program to educate the citizens of the Commonwealth of the importance of reducing and managing waste effectively, the need for individual action to reduce the amount and toxicity of solid waste being disposed, the need for alternative disposal methods to landfilling for toxic materials commonly used in or around households such as cleaners, solvents, pesticides, and automotive and paint products, and the necessity of implementing environmentally protective management and disposal mechanisms for the solid waste that is generated. In helping develop the educational programs, the Department of Education shall identify and adopt mechanisms to inform students throughout the Commonwealth of the importance of reducing and managing solid waste effectively.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 356, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 15, effective February 26, 1991.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.832.
Effective: July 15, 2010
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.10-620
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any waste into or on any land or water so that such waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Waste: means :
(a) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining (excluding coal mining wastes, coal mining by-products, refuse, and overburden), agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include those materials including, but not limited to, sand, soil, rock, gravel, or bridge debris extracted as part of a public road construction project funded wholly or in part with state funds, recovered material, post-use polymers or recovered feedstocks, tire-derived fuel, special wastes as designated by KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 356, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 15, effective February 26, 1991.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.832.