{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-18.13-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.13-2","heading":"Findings.","body":"The general assembly has found and declares that:\n(1) The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to public health and safety and to the environment;\n(2) Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid waste stream;\n(3) The presence of heavy metals and both perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in packaging is a part of the total concern in light of their likely presence in emissions or ash when packaging is incinerated, or in leachate when packaging is landfilled;\n(4) Lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and PFAS, on the basis of available scientific and medical evidence, are of particular concern;\n(5) It is desirable as a first step in reducing the toxicity of packaging waste to eliminate the addition of these heavy metals and PFAS to packaging; and\n(6) The intent of this chapter is to achieve this reduction in toxicity without impeding or discouraging the expanded use of post-consumer materials in the production of packaging and its components.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 18.13 Toxic Packaging Reduction Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-18.13/23-18.13-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:50Z","sha256":"83c807fc3e7619aab0e4a69eeb1c8fdf3574bdb63b8942e186262fc3b64d7f8f","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-18.13-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-18.13-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}