Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7802 – Findings and purpose
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Whenever possible, the generation of waste should be reduced or eliminated as expeditiously as possible, and that waste that is generated should be recovered, reused, recycled, treated or disposed of in a manner that minimizes any present or future threats to human health or the environment;
(2) There may exist many promising technologies for the reduced generation of waste, for recovery, reuse, recycling and treatment of waste; and
(3) Financial commitments by public agencies and private industry for the expeditious development and implementation of waste reduction, recovery, reuse, recycling and treatment technologies depends upon further research as well as credible and timely demonstrations of economic viability, technical feasibility, environmental acceptability and reliability of this technology.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7802
- Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
- Multi-media: means all environmental media including, but not limited to, workplaces within facilities, water, land and air. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7803
- Pollution prevention: means any practice which:
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Waste: means , but is not limited to, those substances defined as such under Delaware Codes, or the regulations promulgated thereunder: air pollution as defined in § 6002 of this title; hazardous waste as defined in § 6302 of this title; industrial waste as defined in § 6002 of this title; liquid waste as defined in § 6002 of this title; other wastes as defined in § 6002 of this title; refuse as defined in § 6002 of this title; rubbish as defined in § 6002 of this title; sewage as defined in § 6002 of this title; and solid waste as defined in § 6002 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7803
(b) Therefore the General Assembly declares:
(1) The purposes of this chapter are to enhance the protection of human health and the environment, and to establish a multi-media Pollution Prevention Program which will demonstrate and facilitate the potential for pollution prevention and waste minimization in Delaware through focusing on the following objectives:
a. Targeting industries and locations for technical assistance; and
b. Providing pollution prevention, education and outreach; and
(2) That it is the policy of this State, in concurrence with the Delaware Environmental Legacy Report, that waste that is generated should be, in order of priority, reduced at its source, recovered, reused, recycled, treated or disposed of so as to minimize the present and future threat to human health and the environment.
(c) It is the intent of this chapter to complement and be enforced in conjunction with other laws.