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R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.11-1. Paper bag incentive
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(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…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.11-2. Definitions
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(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 an…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.11-3. Prohibited practices
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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 retaile…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.11-3.1. Recycling containers for plastic bags
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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 fi…