Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-11-503
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Plastic container labeling - Codes - Penalty
Official statutory text
A. No person shall distribute, receive for sale or offer for
sale in this state any plastic bottle or rigid plastic container
unless such container is labeled with a code identifying the
appropriate resin type used to produce the structure of the
container.
B. 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:
1. = PETE (polyethylene terephthalate);
2. = HDPE (high density polyethylene);
3. = V (vinyl);
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources Page 288
4. = LDPE (low density polyethylene);
5. = PP (polypropylene);
6. = PS (polystyrene);
7. = OTHER.
C. The Department shall maintain a list of the label codes
provided in subsection B of this section and shall provide a copy of
that list to any person upon request.
D. The Board may promulgate by rule a different plastic
container labeling system than the one specified in this statute if
there is any change in the nationally recognized standard codified
herein.
E. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of the
Plastic Container Labeling Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
sale in this state any plastic bottle or rigid plastic container
unless such container is labeled with a code identifying the
appropriate resin type used to produce the structure of the
container.
B. 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:
1. = PETE (polyethylene terephthalate);
2. = HDPE (high density polyethylene);
3. = V (vinyl);
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources Page 288
4. = LDPE (low density polyethylene);
5. = PP (polypropylene);
6. = PS (polystyrene);
7. = OTHER.
C. The Department shall maintain a list of the label codes
provided in subsection B of this section and shall provide a copy of
that list to any person upon request.
D. The Board may promulgate by rule a different plastic
container labeling system than the one specified in this statute if
there is any change in the nationally recognized standard codified
herein.
E. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of the
Plastic Container Labeling Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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