2016 -- S 2182 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY | |
CORPORATION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Felag, McCaffrey, Picard, Jabour, and Walaska | |
Date Introduced: January 27, 2016 | |
Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 23-19 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Resource |
2 | Recovery Corporation" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 23-19-24.1. Solid waste diversion - Economic impact and strategies reporting. -- |
4 | (a) On or before January 1, 2018, the corporation shall submit to the governor, the senate |
5 | president and the speaker of the house, a study of the economic impact of Rhode Island recycling |
6 | related industries. The study shall include, but not be limited to, direct and indirect jobs created, |
7 | direct and indirect economic impacts, and the potential economic benefits of achieving the state's |
8 | fifty percent (50%) diversion goal. |
9 | (b) On or before January 1, 2018, the corporation shall submit to the governor, the senate |
10 | president and the speaker of the house, a report that provides strategies to achieve the state's fifty |
11 | percent (50%) diversion goal, including the following: |
12 | (1) A review and update of the state's current diversion rate; |
13 | (2) Identification of problematic waste streams and sources and recommendations on |
14 | handling those waste streams and sources; |
15 | (3) Evaluation of current programs and their effectiveness, and recommendations for |
16 | changes to those programs. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY | |
CORPORATION | |
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1 | This act would require reporting by the resource recovery corporation on the economic |
2 | impact of the Rhode Island recycling related industries, including the impact of diversion goal |
3 | requiring that fifty percent of the state's solid waste be diverted using various recycling |
4 | techniques. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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