{"id":16559,"date":"2013-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20130403-02n"},"modified":"2013-04-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T22:00:00","slug":"proposed-laws-would-require-not-recyclable-labeling-on-biodegradable-plastic-containers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/proposed-laws-would-require-not-recyclable-labeling-on-biodegradable-plastic-containers\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed laws would require &#8216;not recyclable&#8217; labeling on biodegradable plastic containers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Laws proposed in North Carolina and Alabama could require containers made from biodegradable or compostable plastic to be labeled non-recyclable.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Filed last month, the proposed laws &#8211; House Bill 315, introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly, and Senate Bill 298 and House Bill 468, introduced in the Alabama Legislature &#8211; would prevent any plastic containers, including beverage bottles, sold or distributed in those states from being labeled compostable, biodegradable or degradable unless the container is also clearly marked &#8220;not recyclable, do not recycle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8230; Full text: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasticsnews.com\/article\/20130403\/NEWS\/130409958\/proposed-laws-would-require-not-recyclable-labeling-on-biodegradable\" >www.plasticsnews.com\/article\/20130403\/NEWS\/130409958\/proposed-laws-would-require-not-recyclable-labeling-on-biodegradable<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tags: additives, bioresins, polylactic acid, recycling industry, Plastics Recycling Conference, degradability<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Laws proposed in North Carolina and Alabama could require containers made from biodegradable or compostable plastic to be labeled non-recyclable.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Filed last month, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[463,2973,1931,4787,4786,4785,4784],"class_list":["post-16559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-association-of-postconsumer-plastic-recyclers","supplier-enso-plastics","supplier-federal-trade-commission","supplier-good-inc","supplier-national-association-for-pet-container-resources-napcor","supplier-north-carolina-department-of-environment-and-natural-resources","supplier-southeast-recycling-development-council-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16559"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=16559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}