Title 23
Health and Safety

Chapter 19.10
Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-19.10-3

§ 23-19.10-3. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter:

(1) “Department” means the department of environmental management.

(2) “Hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies” mean technologies and techniques that have, as their primary purpose, the reduced generation of hazardous waste, the recycling of hazardous waste, or the conversion of hazardous waste into a less hazardous form. “Hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies” do not include solidification or treatment occurring directly in, or on, the land, such as techniques using evaporation, surface impoundments, or land farming.

History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 399, § 1.