Pub. Resources Code, § 18013 · Chapter 2. Containers and Packaging
Pub. Resources Code, § 18013
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Polyethylene terephthalate” means a plastic derived from a reaction between terephthalic acid or dimethyl terephthalate and monoethylene glycol as to which both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The terephthalic acid or dimethyl terephthalate and monoethylene glycol reacted constitutes at least 90 percent of the mass of the monomer reacted to form the polymer.
(b) The plastic exhibits a melting peak temperature that is between 225 degrees Celsius and 255 degrees Celsius, as determined during the second thermal scan using procedure 10.1 as set forth in ASTM International (ASTM) D3418 with a heating rate of a sample at 10 degrees Celsius per minute.
(c) This section becomes operative on October 1, 2018.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 823, Sec. 1. (AB 906) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative October 1, 2018, by its own provisions.
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