{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-37-15.1-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-15.1-1","heading":"Statement of policy.","body":"Recognizing the ever increasing use of hard-to-dispose material by the people of Rhode Island as well as the fundamental need for a healthful, clean, and beautiful environment; and further recognizing that the proliferation and accumulation of hard-to-dispose material throughout this state impairs this need and constitutes a public health hazard; and further recognizing the need to conserve energy and natural resources; and further recognizing that there is an imperative need to anticipate, plan for, and accomplish effective control, recovery, and recycling of hard-to-dispose material, there is hereby enacted this “hard-to-dispose material control and recycling” chapter.","path":["Title 37 Public Property and Works","Chapter 15.1 Hard-To-Dispose Material — Control and Recycling"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE37/37-15.1/37-15.1-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:10Z","sha256":"949c7c06800082140c2d23af24d38edf736fd7d982d259672d47e976199150fd","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-37-15-19","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-37-15.1-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}