Maine Statutes
§ 32 §1731 — Purpose
Maine § 32 §1731
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 32 §1731 (2026).
Text
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.
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Legislative History
PL 1989, c. 849, §1 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 277, §1 (AMD).
Nearby Sections
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§ 32 §1701
License required§ 32 §1702
Conditions; bond; guarantee§ 32 §1703
Agent's license§ 32 §1704
-- exhibition on official request§ 32 §17101
Definitions§ 32 §17102
Individual license§ 32 §17103
License required§ 32 §17104-A
Delegation authorized§ 32 §17106
Unlicensed practice§ 32 §17201
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Bluebook (online)
Maine § 32 §1731, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/32%20%C2%A71731.