Word: prescriptive
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...Jersey mandatory recycling law -- achieving 34% recycling, or double the national average -- demonstrates the virtues of a legal prescript. Minimum-content laws such as those in Oregon and California, mandating the use of recycled materials in new products, have proved effective. So have "pay by bag laws" that increase the price tag for garbage removal according to volume. Last fall the White House issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to give preference to recycled materials when purchasing products. But that's just a start. "Unless the government mandates more use of recycled material in products," warns Dan Weiss...
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