Sec. 2. (a) This chapter applies to a person who represents in advertising or on the label or package of a consumer good that the consumer good the person manufactures or distributes, or its package, is not harmful to or is beneficial to the natural environment by terms such as the following:

(1) Environmental choice.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-5-17-2

  • package: means the coating, covering, container, or wrapping used during a product's life cycle, including any outer container, wrapping, or label used in the retail display of any consumer goods. See Indiana Code 24-5-17-7
(2) Ecologically, earth, or environmentally friendly.

(3) Ecologically or environmentally sound.

(4) Ecologically or environmentally safe.

(5) Environmentally “lite”.

(6) Green product.

(7) Any term or terms similar to the other terms listed in this chapter.

     (b) It is a violation of this chapter for any person to represent that any consumer good which the person manufactures or distributes or its package is “ozone friendly”, “biodegradable”, “compostable”, “photodegradable”, “recyclable”, or “recycled” unless that consumer good or its package meets the definitions contained in this chapter or meets definitions established in trade regulations or guides adopted by the Federal Trade Commission or in enforceable regulations adopted by another federal agency expressly for the purpose of establishing standards for environmental advertising or representations.

As added by P.L.13-1991, SEC.2.

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