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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-23 > Chapter-23-18-15 > 23-18-15-2SECTION 23-18.15-2
§ 23-18.15-2 Labeling requirements. –No person shall distribute, sell or offer for sale any plastic bottle or rigidplastic container, or any product in a plastic bottle or container, unless theproduct bottle or container is labeled with a code indicating the plastic resinused to produce the bottle or container. Plastic bottles or rigid plasticcontainers with labels and basecups of a different material shall be coded bytheir basic material. The code shall consist of a number placed within atriangle of arrows and letters placed below the triangle of arrows. Thetriangle shall be equilateral, formed by three (3) arrows with the apex of eachpoint of the triangle at the midpoint of each arrow, rounded with a shortradius. The arrowhead of each arrow shall be at the midpoint of each side ofthe triangle with a short gap separating the pointer from the base of theadjacent arrow. The triangle, formed by the three (3) arrows curved at theirmidpoints shall depict a clockwise path around the code number. The numbers andletters used shall be as follows:
(1) "1" – PETE (polyethylene terephthalate);
(2) "2" – HDPE (high density polyethylene);
(3) "3" – V (vinyl);
(4) "4" – LDPE (low density polyethylene);
(5) "5" – PP (polypropylene);
(6) "6" – PS (polystyrene);
(7) "7" – OTHER.
