The general court supports integrated solid waste disposal solutions which are environmentally safe and economically sound. The general court endorses, in order of preference, the following waste management methods:

1. I. Source reduction.
2. II. Recycling and reuse.
3. III. Composting.
4. IV. Waste-to-energy technologies (including incineration).
5. V. Incineration without resource recovery.
6. VI. Landfilling.

Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.