---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6953"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6953"
heading: "Development of markets for recovered materials"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6953"
units:
  - "Chapter 82 — Solid Waste Disposal"
  - "Subchapter V — Duties of Secretary of Commerce in Resource and Recovery"
---

# §6953. Development of markets for recovered materials


The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Commerce shall within two years after September 1, 1979, take such actions as may be necessary to—

- (1) identify the geographical location of existing or potential markets for [recovered materials](/usc/42/6903.md?p=19);
- (2) identify the economic and technical barriers to the use of [recovered materials](/usc/42/6903.md?p=19); and
- (3) encourage the development of new uses for [recovered materials](/usc/42/6903.md?p=19).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5003, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2821; amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 21(b), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2346.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–482 substituted “September 1, 1979” for “October 21, 1976”.