Section 100.297. Plastic container recycled content.

 

(1)   Definition. In this section, “plastic container" means a plastic container, as defined in s. 100.33 (1) (c) , that is required to be labeled under s. 100.33 (2) .

(2)   Prohibition. Except as provided in sub. (3) , no person may sell or offer for sale at retail any product in a plastic container unless the plastic container consists of at least 10 percent recycled or remanufactured material, by weight beginning on January 1, 1995.

(3)   Exception. Subsection (2) applies to a person who sells or offers to sell a product that is a food, beverage, drug, cosmetic or medical device and that is regulated under the federal food, drug and cosmetic act, 21 USC 301 to 394 , in a plastic container only if the federal food and drug administration has approved the use of the specified recycled or remanufactured content in that plastic container.

1989 a. 335 ; 1993 a. 245 .