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+title: "42 U.S.C. § 6914b"
+description: "Degradable plastic ring carriers; definitions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "82"
+chapter_name: "SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL"
+section: "6914b"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6914b"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 6914b - Degradable plastic ring carriers; definitions
+
+## Text
+
+As used in this title—
+
+(1) the term “regulated item” means any plastic ring carrier device that contains at least one hole greater than 1¾ inches in diameter which is made, used, or designed for the purpose of packaging, transporting, or carrying multipackaged cans or bottles, and which is of a size, shape, design, or type capable, when discarded, of becoming entangled with fish or wildlife; and
+
+(2) the term “naturally degradable material” means a material which, when discarded, will be reduced to environmentally benign subunits under the action of normal environmental forces, such as, among others, biological decomposition, photodegradation, or hydrolysis.
+
+(Pub. L. 100–556, title I, § 102, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2779.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThis title, referred to in text, is title I of Pub. L. 100–556, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2779, which enacted sections 6914b and 6914b–1 of this title, and provisions set out as a note under section 6914b of this title. For complete classification of this title to the Code, see Tables.
+
+Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Solid Waste Disposal Act which comprises this chapter.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Congressional FindingsPub. L. 100–556, title I, § 101, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2779, provided that: “The Congress finds that— “(1) plastic ring carrier devices have been found in large quantities in the marine environment; “(2) fish and wildlife have been known to have become entangled in plastic ring carriers; “(3) nondegradable plastic ring carrier devices can remain intact in the marine environment for decades, posing a threat to fish and wildlife; and “(4) 16 States have enacted laws requiring that plastic ring carrier devices be made from degradable material in order to reduce litter and to protect fish and wildlife.”