Section 23-60.1-3 Reduction of mercury content in alkaline batteries.

RI Gen L § 23-60.1-3 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 23-60.1-3. Reduction of mercury content in alkaline batteries. No alkaline-manganese battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1992, shall be distributed, offered for sale, or sold, if it contains more than 0.025 percent (.025%) mercury by weight; provided, however, that for any alkaline-manganese battery resembling a button or coin in size and shape, the limitation shall be twenty-five (25) milligrams of mercury.

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