Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 6090 – Findings; intent
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Recycling of waste materials is preferable to incinerating or landfilling those materials because recycling conserves valuable resources, saves energy in the manufacturing process and extends the life of disposal facilities;
(2) Increased recycling is necessary in Delaware to meet the EPA’s national goal of a 25% reduction of the solid waste stream;
(3) Plastics have been shown to be recyclable;
(4) One of the barriers to increased recycling of plastics is the necessity of keeping the various types of plastic separate, based on the resin from which they are made; and
(5) The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., has devised a coding system that can be used to label plastic containers so as to identify the type of resin from which they are made.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 6090
- Label: means a molded, imprinted or raised symbol on or near the bottom of a rigid plastic container or plastic bottle. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 6091
- Plastic: means any material made of polymeric organic compounds and additives that can be shaped by flow. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 6091
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to facilitate the recycling of plastic containers by requiring that these containers be labeled according to resin type.