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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-2102" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="Plastic Products">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, on or after October 1, 2018, a person may not sell in the State a plastic product that is labeled as biodegradable, degradable, decomposable, or with any other term to imply that the product will break down, fragment, biodegrade, or decompose in a landfill or any other environment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or after October 1, 2018, a person may not sell in the State a plastic product that is labeled as compostable or home compostable unless the plastic product meets the following standards:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For a plastic product labeled as compostable, the plastic product shall meet:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>The ASTM D6400 standard specification; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The ASTM D6868 standard specification; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any applicable labeling guidelines in the federal Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a plastic product labeled as home compostable, the plastic product shall meet:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The OK Compost Home certification standard adopted by Vincotte; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any applicable labeling guidelines in the federal Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or after October 1, 2018, a person may not sell in the State a film plastic product labeled as soil degradable ag mulch film or biodegradable mulch film unless the product:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Meets the OK Biodegradable Soil certification standard adopted by Vincotte; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>At ambient temperatures and in soil, shows at least 90% biodegradation absolute or relative to microcrystalline cellulose in less than 2 years’ time, tested according to the ISO 17556 standard test method or ASTM D5988 standard test method; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Fulfills the plant growth and regulated metals requirements under section 6.4 of the ASTM D6400 standard specification.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
