70.95F.020 - Labeling requirements -- Plastic industry standards. - Washington Statutes

Labeling requirements — Plastic industry standards.

(1) The provisions of this section and any rules adopted under this section shall be interpreted to conform with nationwide plastics industry standards.

     (2) Except as provided in RCW 70.95F.030(2), after January 1, 1992, no person may distribute, sell, or offer for sale in this state a plastic bottle or rigid plastic container unless the container is labeled with a code identifying the appropriate resin type used to produce the structure of the container. The code shall consist of a number placed within three triangulated arrows and letters placed below the triangle of arrows. The triangulated arrows shall be equilateral, formed by three arrows with the apex of each point of the triangle at the midpoint of each arrow, rounded with a short radius. The pointer (arrowhead) of each arrow shall be at the midpoint of each side of the triangle with a short gap separating the pointer from the base of the adjacent arrow. The triangle, formed by the three arrows curved at their midpoints shall depict a clockwise path around the code number. The numbers and letters used shall be as follows:


     (a) 1.= PETE (polyethylene terephthalate)

     (b) 2.= HDPE (high density polyethylene)

     (c) 3.= V (vinyl)

     (d) 4.= LDPE (low density polyethylene)

     (e) 5.= PP (polypropylene)

     (f) 6.= PS (polystyrene)

     (g) 7.= OTHER

[1991 c 319 § 104.]