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