§342H-42 - Prohibition.

[§342H-42]  Prohibition.  On or afterJanuary 1, 1992, no person shall manufacture, distribute, sell, or exposefor sale in this State any plastic bottle or rigid plastic container unless theproduct has a label indicating the plastic resin used to produce the plasticbottle or rigid plastic container.  The label shall consist of a number placedwithin a triangle of arrows and letters placed below the triangle.  Thetriangle shall be equilateral, formed by three arrows curved at their midpointsand depicting a clockwise path around the code number.  The numbers and lettersused shall be as follows:

(1)  For polyethylene terephthalate, the letters“PETE” and the number 1;

(2)  For high density polyethylene, the letters “HDPE”and the number 2;

(3)  For vinyl, the letter “V” and the number 3;

(4)  For low density polyethylene, the letters “LDPE”and the number 4;

(5)  For polypropylene, the letters “PP” and thenumber 5;

(6)  For polystyrene, the letters “PS” and the number6; and

(7)  For any other, the letters “OTHER” and the number7. [L 1990, c 318, pt of §1]