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Law No. 14.128 providing for the State Policy on Recycling of Materials and the economic and financial instruments applicable to the Management of Solid Waste.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Minas Gerais
Document type
Legislation
Date
2001 (2017)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste management Hazardous waste Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Environmental planning Research Solid waste Recycling/reuse Effluent waste water/discharge Policy/planning
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 7 articles, provides for the State Policy on Recycling of Materials and the economic and financial instruments applicable to the Management of Solid Waste. This State Policy on Recycling aims to encourage the use, commercialization and industrialization of recyclable materials, such as: I - used paper, paper and cardboard; II - scrap of ferrous and non-ferrous metals; III - plastic bottles and glasses; IV - construction waste; V - solid and liquid waste, urban and industrial, subject to recycling; VI - products resulting from the reuse, industrialization and reconditioning of the materials referred to in the previous sections; VII - unusable tires.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.almg.gov.br