§ 23-18.11-1. Paper bag incentive. (a) The general assembly finds that discarded packaging constitutes a significant category of waste within the state’s waste system and is, therefore, a necessary focus of any effort to preserve the capacity of the central landfill, as well as to reduce economic and environmental costs of waste management for the […]
§ 23-18.11-2. Definitions. (a) “Goods” means all personal chattels, other than things in action or money, sold by a retail establishment for other than a commercial or business use or for purposes of resale, including clothes that have been cleaned or pressed or otherwise serviced at a retailing laundry and cleaning establishment. (b) “Paper bags” […]
§ 23-18.11-3. Prohibited practices. No retail establishment located and doing business within the state shall sell or convey goods, food, or goods which have been the subject matter of the rendering of personal services thereon, directly to the ultimate consumers within the state in plastic bags, unless the retailer makes available to each consumer a […]
§ 23-18.11-3.1. Recycling containers for plastic bags. Every retail establishment that sells or conveys goods or food directly to the ultimate consumer within the state, shall provide within the retail establishment, at a location convenient for its customers, receptacles in which customers may place any used clean and dry plastic film bags for recycling as […]
§ 23-18.11-4. Regulations. The Rhode Island resource recovery corporation shall promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement and carry out the provisions of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 424, § 1.
§ 23-18.11-5. Penalties. Willful failure to comply with § 23-18.11-3 shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each occurrence. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 424, § 1.
§ 23-18.11-6. Severability. If any part or provision of this chapter, or the application of any part or provision to any person, entity, or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part of or provision of or application directly involved in the […]
