Me. Stat. tit. 32 § 1731

Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 684
Section 1731 - Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to reduce the toxicity of packaging and packaging waste without impeding or discouraging the expanded use of post-consumer materials in the production of packaging and its components. Under this chapter, reduction of the toxicity in packaging and packaging waste is accomplished by prohibiting the unnecessary addition of certain chemicals, such as lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PFAS and phthalates, in packaging and packaging components. [2019, c. 277, §1(AMD).]

32 M.R.S. § 1731

Amended by 2019, c. 277,§ 1, eff. 9/19/2019.
1989, c. 849, § 1 (NEW) .