2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 444 - Sanitation
NRS 444.435 - Definitions.


NV Rev Stat § 444.435 (2013) What's This?

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)

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