§ 23-18.8-2 Legislative findings. –The general assembly recognizes and declares that:
(1) Any environmentally and economically sound solid wastemanagement system must incorporate recycling;
(2) A sound recycling program will be best achieved bycooperation of the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation, the departmentof administration, the department of environmental management and the citiesand towns of the state;
(3) All solid waste capable of being recycled should berecycled, as a target, no less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the solidwaste generated in the state should be disposed of through recycling; everyeffort should be made to exceed this target;
(4) A recycling facility should be operational at the centrallandfill;
(5) Upon full implementation of the recycling program, allsolid waste management, both from cities and towns, and from commercialestablishments, will be separated into recyclable and nonrecyclable components;
(6) Recycling operations should begin at resource recoveryplants upon initiation of plant operations;
(7) In order to develop a workable implementation schedulethe department of environmental management should develop schedules for theentry of cities and towns into the source separation system;
(8) Private contractor arrangements for recovery ofrecyclables at the point of origin or at the municipal level should beencouraged and not interfered with;
(9) Recyclable materials recovered at recycling facilitiesare to be made available to private industry in the first instance, and wherecost effective, operation of recycling facilities should be by the privatesector;
(10) The corporation should provide, for a period of three(3) years, the reasonable additional allowable costs for implementing thisprogram for the cities and towns;
(11) The definition of recyclable materials should be theresponsibility of the department of environmental management; provided, thatthe definition shall include, but not be limited to, plastic materials thatcontain the plastic resins used to produce labeled (1) through (7) with thenumbers clearly marked on the product and contained in a triangle formed bychasing arrows. The products shall be generated as part of daily, municipal,non-municipal residential, or commercial activities, and the corporation shallaccept these materials for recycling no later than January 1, 2011. Plasticresin by-products, or products produced for industrial use, shall not berequired to be accepted at the recycling facility, unless deemed appropriatefor processing by the corporation. The definition should be changed from timeto time depending upon new technologies, economic conditions, waste streamcharacteristics, environmental effects, or other factors;
(12) Telephone directories, five hundred thousand (500,000)of which, at an average weight of five and one-quarter (5.25) pounds, aredistributed yearly in the state, contribute significantly to the solid wastestream, which would be greatly reduced if directories were printed onrecyclable paper and bound with a binder which will not interfere withrecyclability.
(13) Any person who generates commercial solid waste andemploys fifty (50) or more employees, shall contract for recycling services aspart of any agreement between a private waste hauler and the commercialestablishment for the disposal of solid waste. A commercial establishment ofany size may work with the city or town where it is located to consider optionsthat would allow the city or town to collect the commercial recyclablesgenerated by the commercial establishment.
§ 23-18.8-2 Legislative findings. –The general assembly recognizes and declares that:
(1) Any environmentally and economically sound solid wastemanagement system must incorporate recycling;
(2) A sound recycling program will be best achieved bycooperation of the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation, the departmentof administration, the department of environmental management and the citiesand towns of the state;
(3) All solid waste capable of being recycled should berecycled, as a target, no less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the solidwaste generated in the state should be disposed of through recycling; everyeffort should be made to exceed this target;
(4) A recycling facility should be operational at the centrallandfill;
(5) Upon full implementation of the recycling program, allsolid waste management, both from cities and towns, and from commercialestablishments, will be separated into recyclable and nonrecyclable components;
(6) Recycling operations should begin at resource recoveryplants upon initiation of plant operations;
(7) In order to develop a workable implementation schedulethe department of environmental management should develop schedules for theentry of cities and towns into the source separation system;
(8) Private contractor arrangements for recovery ofrecyclables at the point of origin or at the municipal level should beencouraged and not interfered with;
(9) Recyclable materials recovered at recycling facilitiesare to be made available to private industry in the first instance, and wherecost effective, operation of recycling facilities should be by the privatesector;
(10) The corporation should provide, for a period of three(3) years, the reasonable additional allowable costs for implementing thisprogram for the cities and towns;
(11) The definition of recyclable materials should be theresponsibility of the department of environmental management; provided, thatthe definition shall include, but not be limited to, plastic materials thatcontain the plastic resins used to produce labeled (1) through (7) with thenumbers clearly marked on the product and contained in a triangle formed bychasing arrows. The products shall be generated as part of daily, municipal,non-municipal residential, or commercial activities, and the corporation shallaccept these materials for recycling no later than January 1, 2011. Plasticresin by-products, or products produced for industrial use, shall not berequired to be accepted at the recycling facility, unless deemed appropriatefor processing by the corporation. The definition should be changed from timeto time depending upon new technologies, economic conditions, waste streamcharacteristics, environmental effects, or other factors;
(12) Telephone directories, five hundred thousand (500,000)of which, at an average weight of five and one-quarter (5.25) pounds, aredistributed yearly in the state, contribute significantly to the solid wastestream, which would be greatly reduced if directories were printed onrecyclable paper and bound with a binder which will not interfere withrecyclability.
(13) Any person who generates commercial solid waste andemploys fifty (50) or more employees, shall contract for recycling services aspart of any agreement between a private waste hauler and the commercialestablishment for the disposal of solid waste. A commercial establishment ofany size may work with the city or town where it is located to consider optionsthat would allow the city or town to collect the commercial recyclablesgenerated by the commercial establishment.
§ 23-18.8-2 Legislative findings. –The general assembly recognizes and declares that:
(1) Any environmentally and economically sound solid wastemanagement system must incorporate recycling;
(2) A sound recycling program will be best achieved bycooperation of the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation, the departmentof administration, the department of environmental management and the citiesand towns of the state;
(3) All solid waste capable of being recycled should berecycled, as a target, no less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the solidwaste generated in the state should be disposed of through recycling; everyeffort should be made to exceed this target;
(4) A recycling facility should be operational at the centrallandfill;
(5) Upon full implementation of the recycling program, allsolid waste management, both from cities and towns, and from commercialestablishments, will be separated into recyclable and nonrecyclable components;
(6) Recycling operations should begin at resource recoveryplants upon initiation of plant operations;
(7) In order to develop a workable implementation schedulethe department of environmental management should develop schedules for theentry of cities and towns into the source separation system;
(8) Private contractor arrangements for recovery ofrecyclables at the point of origin or at the municipal level should beencouraged and not interfered with;
(9) Recyclable materials recovered at recycling facilitiesare to be made available to private industry in the first instance, and wherecost effective, operation of recycling facilities should be by the privatesector;
(10) The corporation should provide, for a period of three(3) years, the reasonable additional allowable costs for implementing thisprogram for the cities and towns;
(11) The definition of recyclable materials should be theresponsibility of the department of environmental management; provided, thatthe definition shall include, but not be limited to, plastic materials thatcontain the plastic resins used to produce labeled (1) through (7) with thenumbers clearly marked on the product and contained in a triangle formed bychasing arrows. The products shall be generated as part of daily, municipal,non-municipal residential, or commercial activities, and the corporation shallaccept these materials for recycling no later than January 1, 2011. Plasticresin by-products, or products produced for industrial use, shall not berequired to be accepted at the recycling facility, unless deemed appropriatefor processing by the corporation. The definition should be changed from timeto time depending upon new technologies, economic conditions, waste streamcharacteristics, environmental effects, or other factors;
(12) Telephone directories, five hundred thousand (500,000)of which, at an average weight of five and one-quarter (5.25) pounds, aredistributed yearly in the state, contribute significantly to the solid wastestream, which would be greatly reduced if directories were printed onrecyclable paper and bound with a binder which will not interfere withrecyclability.
(13) Any person who generates commercial solid waste andemploys fifty (50) or more employees, shall contract for recycling services aspart of any agreement between a private waste hauler and the commercialestablishment for the disposal of solid waste. A commercial establishment ofany size may work with the city or town where it is located to consider optionsthat would allow the city or town to collect the commercial recyclablesgenerated by the commercial establishment.
