Public Resources Code section 18000

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a)

Facilitating the recycling of plastics is in the best interests of the state.

(b)

This division is intended to require all plastic products sold in California on and after January 1, 1992, to have a molded label indicating the plastic resin used to produce the product.

Source: Section 18000, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=18000. (updated Jan. 1, 1988; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 18000, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=18000. (last accessed May 12, 2025).