Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY |
CHAPTER444. Sanitation |
PLASTIC BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS |
NRS444.435. Definitions.
- As used in this section and NRS 444.436 and 444.437, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Plastic” means a material made of polymeric organic compounds and additives that can be shaped by flow.
2. “Plastic bottle” means a plastic container intended for single use that has a:
(a) Neck smaller than the body of the container;
(b) Screw-top, snap-cap or other closure; and
(c) Capacity of not less than 16 fluid ounces nor more than 5 gallons.
3. “Rigid plastic container” means a formed or molded container intended for a single use, composed predominantly of plastic resin, that has a relatively inflexible finite shape or form and a capacity of not less than 8 ounces nor more than 5 gallons. The term does not include a plastic bottle.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1102)