The public policy set forth in § 8006 of this title shall be the basis for and be implemented through the Pollution Prevention Program of the Solid Waste Authority, which has been established for several years, with the purpose of developing a pollution prevention program for both the public sector and the private sector in Puerto Rico. The main purpose of the program is to maintain and protect our environment through pollution prevention and reduction at the source of origin, so as to create a healthy setting that promotes the integrated and sustainable development of Puerto Rico. The efficient promotion of the objectives of the Pollution Prevention Program (P2) shall improve the quality of life of Puerto Ricans, insofar as health problems associated with pollution shall diminish. Furthermore, the risk of affecting the food chain shall be reduced. The flora and fauna shall also be protected; our socioeconomic sector shall derive benefits, inasmuch as the costs for the disposal, labor, and purchase of raw materials shall diminish; the infrastructure shall be protected; materials and products that can be reused shall be exchanged; and, in reducing the amount of pollutants, the risk and purchase of raw materials shall diminish; the infrastructure shall be protected; materials and products that can be reused shall be exchanged; and, in reducing the amount of pollutants, the risk of being sanctioned shall be reduced for pollutant-generating facilities. History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 416, § 54, eff. 6 months after Sept. 22, 2004.
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