Rhode Island General Laws 23-60.1-5. Prohibition on the disposal of nickel-cadmium, mercuric-oxide, and lead-acid batteries
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Effective January 1, 1994, no person shall knowingly place in municipal or commercial solid waste a nickel-cadmium, mercuric-oxide, or lead-acid dry cell battery or a rechargeable consumer product containing a nickel-cadmium or lead-acid dry cell battery.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 359, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-60.1-5
- Dry cell battery: means all batteries in which the electrolyte is absorbed, gelled, or solidified such that the electrolyte is not a free-standing body of liquid. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-60.1-2
- Lead-acid dry cell battery: means a battery containing a lead-acid system, generally used in rechargeable consumer products, and weighing less than twenty-five (25) pounds. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-60.1-2
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6