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Every department of state government and all governmental units and agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Department in the administration and enforcement of this article.\n\nThis article is intended to add to and coordinate existing litter control removal and recycling efforts, and not to terminate existing efforts nor, except as specifically stated, to repeal or affect any state law governing or prohibiting litter or the control and disposition of waste.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1288848,"text":"The Department shall support local, regional, and statewide programs to control, prevent, and eliminate litter from the Commonwealth and to encourage the recycling and beneficial use of discarded materials to the maximum practical extent. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 234 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapter 891; in 1989, chapter 284; in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0417\">417<\/a>; in 2018, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0615\">615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1373055,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345670,"identifier":"10.1-1415","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3\/10.1-1415","url":"\/10.1-1415\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1415\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3\/10.1-1415","dublin_core":{"Title":"Litter Control Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1415","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall support local, regional, and statewide programs to control, prevent, and eliminate <span class=\"dictionary\">litter<\/span> from the Commonwealth and to encourage the <span class=\"dictionary\">recycling<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">beneficial use<\/span> of discarded <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span> to the maximum practical extent. Every <span class=\"dictionary\">department<\/span> of state government and all governmental units and agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in the administration and enforcement of this article.<\/p><p>This article is intended to add to and coordinate existing <span class=\"dictionary\">litter<\/span> control removal and <span class=\"dictionary\">recycling<\/span> efforts, and not to terminate existing efforts nor, except as specifically stated, to repeal or affect any state <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> governing or prohibiting <span class=\"dictionary\">litter<\/span> or the control and <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">waste<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLITTER CONTROL PROGRAM (\u00a7 10.1-1415)\n\nThe Department shall support local, regional, and statewide programs to control,\nprevent, and eliminate litter from the Commonwealth and to encourage the\nrecycling and beneficial use of discarded materials to the maximum practical\nextent. Every department of state government and all governmental units and\nagencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Department in the\nadministration and enforcement of this article.\n\nThis article is intended to add to and coordinate existing litter control\nremoval and recycling efforts, and not to terminate existing efforts nor, except\nas specifically stated, to repeal or affect any state law governing or\nprohibiting litter or the control and disposition of waste.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 234, \u00a7 10-277; 1988, c. 891; 1989, c. 284; 1995, c. 417;\n2018, c. 615.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}