page_title: Resin identification code
hierarchical_section_title: Resin identification code
caption_attribution_description: Empty Tic Tacs box. The bottom of the box is made from polystyrene. Its polypropylene lid is open, displaying the resin identification code (5) and a living hinge.
context_page_description: The ASTM International Resin Identification Coding System, often abbreviated RIC, is a set of symbols appearing on plastic products that identify the plastic resin out of which the product is made. It was developed in 1988 by the Society of the Plastics Industry in the United States, but since 2008 it has been administered by ASTM International, an international standards organization.
context_section_description: The ASTM International Resin Identification Coding System, often abbreviated RIC, is a set of symbols appearing on plastic products that identify the plastic resin out of which the product is made. It was developed in 1988 by the Society of the Plastics Industry (now the Plastics Industry Association) in the United States, but since 2008 it has been administered by ASTM International, an international standards organization.
caption: Polypropylene lid of a Tic Tac box, with a living hinge and the resin identification code, 5, under its flap
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