1. (a) The General Assembly finds that:

   1. (1) Recycling of waste materials is preferable to incinerating or landfilling those materials because recycling conserves valuable resources, saves energy in the manufacturing process and extends the life of disposal facilities;
   2. (2) Increased recycling is necessary in Delaware to meet the EPA’s national goal of a 25% reduction of the solid waste stream;
   3. (3) Plastics have been shown to be recyclable;
   4. (4) One of the barriers to increased recycling of plastics is the necessity of keeping the various types of plastic separate, based on the resin from which they are made; and
   5. (5) The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., has devised a coding system that can be used to label plastic containers so as to identify the type of resin from which they are made.
2. (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to facilitate the recycling of plastic containers by requiring that these containers be labeled according to resin type.

68 Del. Laws, c. 174, § 1