GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1995 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 321

HOUSE BILL 798

 

AN ACT TO REPEAL CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO MATERIALS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH FOOD CONSUMPTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-309.10(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d)(1) No person shall distribute, sell, or offer for sale in this State any polystyrene foam product which is to be used in conjunction with food for human consumption unless such product is composed of material which is recyclable.

(2)       After October 1, 1997, no person shall distribute, sell, or offer for sale in this State any polystyrene foam product that is to be used in conjunction with food for human consumption unless the Secretary certifies that at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such products are being recycled.  This subdivision does not apply to any polystyrene foam product containing at least twenty-five percent (25%) polystyrene derived from products that have been collected for recycling after those products have served the purpose for which they were manufactured."

Sec. 2.  The Secretary of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall report to the General Assembly no later than March 1, 1997, on industry efforts to recycle polystyrene foam products.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 1995.

 

 

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

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Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives