Section 6-308
§ 6-308 Minimum recycled material content. a. Any reprographic paper,
tablet paper, envelope paper, file folder, commercial/industrial
sanitary tissue, rock wool or fiberglass building insulation, polyester
carpet, flowable fill, steel shower or restroom divider/partition,
traffic cone, plastic fencing, plastic park bench, hydraulic mulch,
garden or soaker hose, plastic trash bag, office recycling container,
office waste receptacle, mat, signage or pallet, as such terms are
utilized in the CPG: (i) purchased or leased by any agency; (ii) that
can be procured at a reasonably competitive price; and (iii) that is
listed in the CPG, for which the United States environmental protection
agency has issued a recovered materials advisory notice, shall contain
no less recovered material and postconsumer material than the minimum
amount recommended in the most recent such notice, or, with respect to
any paper or paper product, may, at the discretion of the director,
contain no less than fifty percent agricultural wastes.
b. Beginning January 1, 2008, the director shall make a determination
whether or not any product: (i) purchased or leased by any agency; (ii)
that can be procured at a reasonably competitive price; (iii) in any
category listed in the CPG, but not specified in subdivision a of this
section, for which the United States environmental protection agency has
issued a recovered materials advisory notice, shall contain no less
recovered material and postconsumer material than the minimum amount
recommended in the most recent such notice. The director shall review
any such determination not to require compliance with the CPG for any
product at least once every two years.
c. In addition to the requirements of subdivision a of this section,
any reprographic paper product purchased or leased by any agency shall
contain the highest recovered material content available, to the extent
any such product: (i) can be procured at a price that does not exceed a
cost premium of seven percent (7%) above the cost of a comparable
product that is not a recycled product; (ii) can be procured at a price
that does not exceed a cost premium of five percent (5%) above the cost
that would apply pursuant to subdivision a of this section; (iii) is of
adequate quality for the intended use; and (iv) is available within a
reasonable period of time, as determined by the director.
Section 6-309
§ 6-309 Printing on recycled paper. a. Any document or graphic
material prepared or printed for any agency pursuant to any contract
with such agency, which can be procured at a reasonably competitive
price and is of adequate quality for the intended use, shall be printed
on paper with no less recovered material and postconsumer material, or
agricultural wastes, than the minimum amount required pursuant to
subdivision a of section 6-308 of this chapter and, where practicable,
shall be printed double-sided.
b. Any solicitation of any agency shall request that any response to
such solicitation be printed double-sided and on paper with no less
recovered material and postconsumer material than the minimum required
pursuant to subdivision a of section 6-308 of this chapter, and shall
require that such response indicate whether such requests have been met;
provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be construed
as requiring a finding of non-responsiveness.
c. Any pre-printed paper or publication, including any letterhead or
report, purchased or leased by any agency that has been printed on paper
that contains the minimum percentage of postconsumer recycled fiber
required pursuant to subdivision a of section 6-308 of this chapter,
shall include a statement and/or symbol indicating the minimum
percentage of postconsumer recycled material contained in such paper,
consistent with section 104-a of the general municipal law.
Section 6-310
§ 6-310 Paper waste reduction. a. Any printer purchased or leased by
any agency that can print at a rate of twenty pages or faster per minute
or that is considered a local area network printer shall have the
capacity to print double-sided. Any copier purchased or leased by any
agency that can print at a rate of twenty pages or faster per minute
shall have the capacity to print double-sided and shall perform equally
well with paper containing postconsumer material as with paper
containing no postconsumer material.
b. Notwithstanding section 6-302 of this chapter, this subdivision
shall apply to any printer or copier purchased or leased by any agency
after January 1, 2007 and, to the extent practicable, to any printer or
copier purchased or leased by any agency before such date. The default
parameters of any printer with the capacity to print double-sided, and
any computer that utilizes such printer, shall be set to duplex mode,
such that the printer prints double-sided pages. The default parameters
of any copier with the capacity to print double-sided for which the
default parameters can be adjusted, shall be set to duplex mode, such
that the copier places images on both sides of a copy sheet, performing
one-sided to two-sided copying, and two-sided to two-sided copying.
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