CHAPTER 6. DEGRADABLE PLASTIC PRODUCTS

IC 21-37-6
    Chapter 6. Degradable Plastic Products

IC 21-37-6-1
Procurement of disposable plastic products
    Sec. 1. When procuring disposable plastic products, includingrefuse bags, a state educational institution shall procure disposableplastic products that are degradable if:
        (1) degradable products are available at the time of theprocurement;
        (2) it is economically feasible to procure degradable products;
        (3) the procurement of degradable products is not inappropriatebecause of:
            (A) federal regulations or policy in matters involving thefederal government; or
            (B) the special requirements of scientific uses;
        (4) the degradable product to be procured is economically andfunctionally the equivalent of disposable plastic products that:
            (A) meet applicable specifications; and
            (B) are not degradable; and
        (5) the degradable product to be procured is, in thedetermination of the state educational institution, a type ofproduct for which the use of degradable materials is appropriatebased upon:
            (A) the functional use of the product; and
            (B) whether the product will probably be recycled ordisposed of in a final disposal facility.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.278.