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New Jersey · Through P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22 · Newer source version available

N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.139: Glass containers, percentage of postconsumer recycled content increase.

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  1. TITLE 13 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS

5. a. Beginning two years after the effective date of this act, all glass containers sold or offered for sale in the State by a manufacturer shall contain, on average, at least 35 percent postconsumer recycled content; except that, if a manufacturer certifies to the department that its use of postconsumer recycled content is made up of at least 50 percent mixed-color cullet, then the glass containers shall only be required to contain, on average, at least 25 percent postconsumer recycled content.

b. As used in this section, "mixed-color cullet" means cullet that does not meet the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard specifications for the color mix of color-sorted, post-filled glass as a raw material for the manufacture of glass containers.

L.2021, c.391, s.5.

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