§ 21-37-6-1 — Procurement of disposable plastic products

When procuring disposable plastic products,
including refuse bags, a state educational institution shall procure
disposable plastic products that are degradable if:
(1) degradable products are available at the time of the
procurement;
(2) it is economically feasible to procure degradable products;
(3) the procurement of degradable products is not inappropriate
because of:
(A) federal regulations or policy in matters involving the
federal government; or
(B) the special requirements of scientific uses;
(4) the degradable product to be procured is economically and
functionally the equivalent of disposable plastic products that:
(A) meet applicable specifications; and
(B) are not degradable; and
(5) the degradable product to be procured is, in the determination
of the state educational institution, a type of product for which the
use of degradable materials is appropriate based upon:
(A) the functional use of the product; and
(B) whether the product will probably be recycled or disposed
of in a final disposal facility.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:
20-12-68-6.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.278.