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, including
refuse bags, a state educational institution shall procure disposable
plastic products that are degradable if:

        (1) degradable products are available at the time of the
procurement;

        (2) it is economically feasible to procure degradable products;

        (3) the procurement of degradable products is not inappropriate
because of:

            (A) federal regulations or policy in matters involving the
federal government; or

            (B) the special requirements of scientific uses;

        (4) the degradable product to be procured is economically and
functionally 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 the
determination of the state educational institution, a type of
product for which the use of degradable materials is appropriate
based upon:

            (A) the functional use of the product; and

            (B) whether the product will probably be recycled or
disposed of in a final disposal facility.

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.278.