Section 21-27.3-2 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Prohibitions and exemptions(a) Prohibition. Beginning January 1, 2025, a covered establishment may not process, prepare, sell, or provide food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam.(b) Plastic beverage stirrers. A covered establishment providing beverages at a facility or function of the state may not provide beverage stirrers that are composed of plastic. For the purposes of this subsection, "beverage stirrer" means a device that is designed solely to mix liquids that are intended for internal human consumption and are contained in a single-serving container.(c) Exemptions. Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a covered establishment may: (1) In an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, as determined applicable by the department of health, process, prepare, sell, or provide food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam;(2) Sell or provide food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam that a consumer brings to the covered establishment; and(3) Sell at retail, food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam that the covered establishment purchases prepackaged at wholesale.R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27.3-2
Added by 2023 Pub. Laws, ch. 273,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2025.Added by 2023 Pub. Laws, ch. 274,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2025.