No person shall distribute, sell, or offer for sale any rigid plastic container, including a plastic beverage container, labeled “degradable,” “biodegradable,” “compostable,” or any other word suggesting the container will biodegrade, unless it meets the following requirements:

(1) The container complies with the United States Federal Trade Commission’s Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, 16 C.F.R. part 260 , as amended.
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(2) The container includes the label “Not Recyclable, Do Not Recycle” in print of the same color, contrast, font, and size as the label suggesting the container is biodegradable.
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