Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
Part 10 - RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PROHIBIT THE DISPOSAL OF PLASTICS AND OTHER GARBAGE IN MARINE WATERS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Chapter 03 - Definitions
Section 22-10-03-106

PLASTIC shall mean any garbage that is solid material that contains as an essential ingredient one or more synthetic organic high polymers and is formed or shaped during either manufacture of the polymers or fabrication into a finished product by heat or pressure or both. Examples of plastics included but are not limited to: packaging (vapor proof barriers, bottles, containers, liners), ship construction (fiberglass and laminated structures, siding, piping, insulation, flooring, carpets, fabrics, adhesives, electrical and electronic components), disposable eating utensils and cups (including foamed products), bags, sheeting, floats, synthetic fishing nets, monofilament fishing line, strapping bands, hardhats, synthetic ropes and lines. This definition excludes glass, paints, varnishes, waxes (all of which might be considered "plastics" by other definitions), and plastic polymers naturally produced by living organisms but harvested and used by man, such as chitin.