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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-60.1-5
Prohibition on the disposal of nickel-cadmium, mercuric-oxide, and lead-acid batteries
P.L. 1992, ch. 359, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.