§ 23-19-31. Recycling facility at central landfill.
The Rhode Island resource recovery corporation shall construct a recycling facility at the state’s central landfill. This facility will receive separated recyclable waste as defined by the department of environmental management; provided, that the definition shall include, but not be limited to, plastic materials that contain the plastic resins used to produce products labeled (1) through (7) with the numbers clearly marked on the product and contained in a triangle formed by chasing arrows. The products shall be generated as part of daily, municipal, non-municipal residential, or commercial activities. The corporation shall accept plastic materials labeled (3) through (7) for recycling no later than June 30, 2013. Plastic resin by-products, or products produced for industrial use, shall not be required to be accepted at the recycling facility, unless deemed appropriate for processing by the corporation. The corporation shall use its reasonable efforts to market the recyclable materials to local commercial users of the material, including owners/tenants located in any industrial/business park developed pursuant to § 23-19-35.1(c), consistent with receiving optimum prices. The corporation shall also use its reasonable efforts to market finished goods made from recyclable materials to local commercial users of those goods, and shall offer these goods for sale through a quarterly competitive bid process consistent with industry practices. No bid contract shall exceed one calendar year. The corporation shall provide a thirty (30) calendar day prior public notice for any bid contract which would exceed one month. Neither the corporation nor any private concern operating the recycling facility pursuant to §§ 23-19-3(10) and 23-19-9(a)(6) shall purchase recyclable materials from the facility or for processing at that facility. The corporation will provide this service at no tipping cost to the cities and towns for materials delivered to the recycling facility.
History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 522, § 3; P.L. 1989, ch. 228, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 261, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 304, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 316, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 260, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 420, § 3; P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 10, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
Section 23-19-1. - Short title.
Section 23-19-1.1. - Mission statement.
Section 23-19-2. - Legislative findings.
Section 23-19-3. - Declaration of policy.
Section 23-19-4. - Legislative purposes of Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation.
Section 23-19-5. - Definitions.
Section 23-19-7. - Commissioners — Oath of office — Conflict of interest.
Section 23-19-8. - Employment of executive director and support services — Books and records.
Section 23-19-9. - Purposes of the corporation.
Section 23-19-10. - General powers and duties.
Section 23-19-10.1. - Construction of gas pipelines.
Section 23-19-10.2. - Solid waste disposal facilities — Sites — Eminent domain.
Section 23-19-10.3. - Highway construction — Eminent domain.
Section 23-19-11. - Planning requirements.
Section 23-19-11.1. - Initial resource recovery system development plan.
Section 23-19-11.2. - Improvements of the central landfill.
Section 23-19-11.3. - Central landfill — Water quality and public health.
Section 23-19-11.4. - Initial resource recovery facilities.
Section 23-19-13. - Municipal participation in state program.
Section 23-19-13.2. - Disposal of infectious and pathological waste.
Section 23-19-13.3. - Prohibiting business due to conviction of certain acts.
Section 23-19-13.5. - Interim rates.
Section 23-19-13.6. - Cover materials not permitted.
Section 23-19-14. - Bonds and notes of the corporation.
Section 23-19-15. - Short term notes.
Section 23-19-16. - Security for bonds or notes.
Section 23-19-17. - Capital reserve funds and appropriations.
Section 23-19-18. - Trust funds.
Section 23-19-19. - Remedies of bondholders and noteholders.
Section 23-19-20. - Pledge of the state.
Section 23-19-21. - Credit of state not pledged.
Section 23-19-22. - Notes and bonds as legal investments.
Section 23-19-24. - Reporting requirements.
Section 23-19-24.1. - Solid waste diversion — Economic impact and strategies reporting.
Section 23-19-25. - Authorization to accept appropriated moneys.
Section 23-19-26. - Tax exemption.
Section 23-19-27. - Severability.
Section 23-19-28. - Violations — Sanctions — Injunctive relief.
Section 23-19-28.1. - Procedures to enforcement.
Section 23-19-29. - Liberal construction.
Section 23-19-30. - State central landfill — Annual liquid waste or sludge analysis.
Section 23-19-31. - Recycling facility at central landfill.
Section 23-19-32. - Grants-in-aid.
Section 23-19-33. - Bonus incentive program.
Section 23-19-34. - Central landfill buffer zone.
Section 23-19-34.1. - Removal of houses — Buffer zone.
Section 23-19-35. - Central landfill — Adjoining residential property.
Section 23-19-35.1. - Use of acquired property.
Section 23-19-36. - Central landfill — Funds for acquisition.
Section 23-19-37. - Financial accountability.
Section 23-19-38. - Report of the auditor general.
Section 23-19-40. - Utilization of buffer zone — Restrictions.