Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 6092 – Labeling
(a) On or after July 1, 1992, no person shall distribute, sell 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. The code shall consist of a number placed within 3 triangulated arrows and a letter placed below the triangle of arrows. The triangulated arrows shall be equilateral, formed by 3 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 3 arrows curved at their midpoints, shall depict a clockwise path around the code number. The numbers and letters used shall be as follows:
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 6092
- Container: means a "rigid plastic container" or a "plastic bottle" as those terms are defined in this section. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 6091
- Department: means the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 6091
- 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
- Person: means any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, federal agency, partnership, corporation (including a government corporation), association, state, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state or any interstate body. 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
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
1 = PETE (polyethylene threphthalate)
2 = HDPE (high density polyethylene)
3 = V (vinyl)
4 = LDPE (low density polyethylene)
5 = PP (polypropylene)
6 = PS (polystyrene)
7 = Other
(b) The Department shall maintain a list of the label codes provided in subsection (a) of this section and shall provide a copy of the list to any person upon request.
(c) The provisions of this section and any rules or regulations adopted hereunder shall be interpreted to conform with nationwide plastics industry standards.