10.1-1415 - Litter Control Program.
§ 10.1-1415. Litter Control Program.
The Department shall support local, regional and statewide programs tocontrol, prevent and eliminate litter from the Commonwealth and to encouragethe recycling of discarded materials to the maximum practical extent. Everydepartment of state government and all governmental units and agencies of theCommonwealth shall cooperate with the Department in the administration andenforcement of this article.
This article is intended to add to and coordinate existing litter controlremoval and recycling efforts, and not to terminate existing efforts nor,except as specifically stated, to repeal or affect any state law governing orprohibiting litter or the control and disposition of waste.
(1987, c. 234, § 10-277; 1988, c. 891; 1989, c. 284; 1995, c. 417.)