Declaration of policy.
NYC Admin. Code § 16-302
in effect§ 16-302 Declaration of policy.
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the city to reduce environmental pollution and dangers to health, to decrease the demand for scarce landfill space, to minimize the size and cost of the proposed resource recovery program, and to encourage the conservation of valuable natural resources and energy. It is the policy of the city to promote the recovery of materials from the New York city solid waste stream for the purpose of recycling such materials and returning them to the economy. This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate the purposes set forth in this section.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1989/019.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-221541Fetched: 10/24/2026
