Rhode Island General Laws Title 37. Public Property and Works § 37-15-13. Allocation of funds

(1) Collecting litter along public streets and highways, on parks and recreation lands, and on or along the waters of the state including, but not limited to, expenditures for a youth corps litter program which is hereby created and which shall employ persons from the state. To facilitate litter collection, the department shall transfer fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ($56,250) on July 1, 1993, October 1, 1993, January 1, 1994, April 1, 1994, and every year thereafter, to the Department of Corrections for the purposes of litter pick-up on the state's highways;

(2) Establishing or expanding community recycling centers;

(3) Improving enforcement of litter laws;

(4) Purchasing litter receptacles, litter bags, collection and pickup equipment, and related materials;

(5) Designing and publishing a state anti-litter symbol;

(6) Organizing and conducting educational programs designed to increase public awareness of the litter problem, the need for compliance with anti-litter laws, the need for recycling, and the availability of community recycling centers;

(7) Conducting initial surveys of the amount and composition of litter on the public places in the state and conducting follow-up surveys to measure the progress of litter reduction and recycling programs; and

(8) Purchasing and erecting roadside signs indicating the penalties imposed for littering or the availability of community recycling centers.