Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0201 Compare Versions

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9	9	S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL -- FOOD WASTE BAN
16	16	Introduced By: Senators Valverde, Gu, Kallman, Miller, DiMario, Euer, LaMountain,
17	17	Acosta, Tikoian, and Ujifusa
18	18	Date Introduced: February 16, 2023
19	19	Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture
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22	22	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
23	23	SECTION 1. Section 23-18.9-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-18.9 entitled "Refuse 1
24	24	Disposal" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
25	25	23-18.9-17. Food waste ban. 3
26	26	(a) On and after January 1, 2016, each covered entity and each covered educational 4
27	27	institution shall ensure that the organic-waste materials that are generated by the covered entity or 5
28	28	at the covered educational facility are recycled at an authorized composting facility or anaerobic 6
29	29	digestion facility or by another authorized recycling method if: 7
30	30	(1) The covered entity or covered educational facility generates not less than one hundred 8
31	31	four (104) tons per year of organic-waste material; and 9
32	32	(2) The covered entity or covered educational facility is located not more than fifteen (15) 10
33	33	miles from an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility with available capacity 11
34	34	to accept such material. 12
35	35	(b) On and after January 1, 2018, each covered educational institution shall ensure that the 13
36	36	organic-waste materials that are generated at the covered educational facility are recycled at an 14
37	37	authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility or by another authorized recycling 15
38	38	method if: 16
39	39	(1) The covered educational facility generates not less than fifty-two (52) tons per year of 17
40	40	organic-waste material; and 18
41	41	(2) The covered entity or covered educational facility is located not more than fifteen (15) 19
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45	45	miles from an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility with available capacity 1
46	46	to accept such material. 2
47	47	(c) The director shall grant a waiver of the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) upon a 3
48	48	showing that the tipping fee charged by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation for non-4
49	49	contract commercial sector waste is less than the fee charged for organic-waste material by each 5
50	50	composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility located within fifteen (15) miles of the covered 6
51	51	entity’s location. 7
52	52	(d) On and after January 1, 2023, each educational entity (as defined in § 16-110-1) shall 8
53	53	ensure that the organic-waste materials that are generated by the educational entity are recycled at 9
54	54	an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility or by another authorized recycling 10
55	55	method if: 11
56	56	(1) The educational entity generates not less than thirty (30) tons per year of organic-waste 12
57	57	material; and 13
58	58	(2) The educational entity is located not more than fifteen (15) miles from an authorized 14
59	59	composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility with available capacity to accept such material. 15
60	60	(e) On and after January 1, 2024, each covered entity shall ensure that the organic-waste 16
61	61	materials that are generated by the covered entity are recycled at an authorized composting facility 17
62	62	or anaerobic digestion facility or by another authorized recycling method if: 18
63	63	(1) The covered entity generates not less than fifty-two (52) tons per year of organic-waste 19
64	64	material; and 20
65	65	(2) The covered entity is located not more than thirty (30) miles from an authorized 21
66	66	composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility with available capacity to accept such material. 22
67	67	(f) On and after January 1, 2025, each covered entity shall ensure that the organic-waste 23
68	68	materials that are generated by the covered entity are recycled at an authorized composting facility 24
69	69	or anaerobic digestion facility or by another authorized recycling method if: 25
70	70	(1) The covered entity generates not less than twenty-six (26) tons per year of organic-26
71	71	waste material; and 27
72	72	(2) The covered entity is located not more than thirty (30) miles from an authorized 28
73	73	composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility with available capacity to accept such material. 29
74	74	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 30
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81	81	EXPLANATION
82	82	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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84	84	A N A C T
85	85	RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL -- FOOD WASTE BAN
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87	87	This act would require a covered entity generating organic waste materials of more than 1
88	88	fifty-two (52) tons per year and located less than thirty (30) miles from an authorized composting 2
89	89	facility or anaerobic digestion facility to recycle the waste at that facility beginning January 1, 2024. 3
90	90	Effective January 1, 2025, the annual tonnage drops to more than twenty-six (26) tons per year. 4
91	91	This act would take effect upon passage. 5
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