---
title: O.C.G.A. § 12-8-40.3. Disposal of shingles containing asphalt.
collection: code
id: 12-8-40.3
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 12-8-40.3 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-8-40.3
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-8-40.3.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-8-40.3/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=67595359_0#page=919
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-8.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-8-40.2.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-8-41.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES / WASTE MANAGEMENT / SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT / GENERAL PROVISIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 12-8-40.3. Disposal of shingles containing asphalt.

It shall be unlawful to dispose of any roofing shingles which contain asphalt except in construction and demolition or municipal solid waste landfills.

## History

Code 1981, § 12-8-40.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 928, § 2.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1997, p. 928, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘The Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources in conjunction with the Pollution Prevention Assistance Division shall develop a plan, if practicable, to encourage the recycling of asphalt shingles and shall make a report on such plan to the General Assembly of Georgia by December 31, 1997.’’