"Distributor" means any person, firm, or corporation that takes title to goods purchased for resale.
"Package" means a container providing a direct means of marketing, protecting, or handling a product, and includes a product unit package, an intermediate package, or a shipping container as defined by ASTM D996. "Package" shall also include such unsealed consumer product receptacles as carrying cases, crates, cups, pails, rigid foil and other trays, wrappers and wrapping films, bags, and tubs.
"Packaging component" means any individual assembled part of a package including, but not limited to, any interior or exterior blocking, bracing, cushioning, weatherproofing, coatings, closure, ink, and labeling; except that coatings shall not include a thin tin layer applied to base steel or sheet steel during manufacturing of the steel or package.
For the purposes of this subsection, a use for which there is no feasible alternative is one in which the regulated substance is essential to the protection, safe handling, or function of the package's contents.
The Agency may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states that have adopted similar restrictions on toxic packaging and may accept exemptions to those restrictions granted by such states. Prior to taking such action, the Agency shall provide for public notice in the Environmental Register and for a 30-day comment period.
If the manufacturer or supplier of the package or packaging component reformulates or creates a new package or packaging component, the manufacturer or supplier shall provide an amended or new certificate of compliance for the reformulated or new package or packaging component.
415 ILCS 5/21.5