The following administrative rules, OAR 340-090-0320 - 0430, are intended to establish the minimum requirements for implementing the Oregon Rigid Plastic Container Recycling Law, ORS 459A.650 through 680. The Commission's purposes in adopting these rules are to:

1. (1) Reduce the amount of rigid plastic containers being disposed of in Oregon;
2. (2) Increase the reuse or recycling of rigid plastic containers that would otherwise be disposed of;
3. (3) Increase the use of recycled material in the manufacture of rigid plastic containers.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 459A.025

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 459A.650 - 459A.665

History

DEQ 3-2017, f. & cert. ef. 1-19-17
DEQ 27-1998, f. & cert. ef. 11-13-98
DEQ 26-1994, f. & cert. ef. 11-2-94