Title 23
Health and Safety

Chapter 60.1
Dry Cell Battery Control

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-60.1-5

§ 23-60.1-5. Prohibition on the disposal of nickel-cadmium, mercuric-oxide, and lead-acid batteries.

Effective January 1, 1994, no person shall knowingly place in municipal or commercial solid waste a nickel-cadmium, mercuric-oxide, or lead-acid dry cell battery or a rechargeable consumer product containing a nickel-cadmium or lead-acid dry cell battery.

History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 359, § 1.