Subchapter 7 - Packaging Reduction.

Section 6-317.

Section 6-317.

  §  6-317.  Packaging  reduction  guidelines  for city agencies. a. The
director of citywide environmental purchasing, after  consultation  with
the  mayor's  office  of  long  term  planning and sustainability, shall
establish packaging reduction guidelines for contracts entered  into  by
city agencies for the purchase of goods.
  b.  Such  guidelines shall include but not be limited to the following
agency requests: (i) whenever practicable, elimination of  packaging  or
use  of  the  minimum  amount  necessary  for  product  protection; (ii)
whenever practicable, use of packaging that is recyclable  or  reusable;
and  (iii)  contractor reuse of pallets and packaging materials whenever
practicable.
  c. The director of citywide environmental purchasing shall  make  such
guidelines available to all city agencies and publish such guidelines on
the city's website.
  d.  All  city  agencies  shall  reference  the  guidelines established
pursuant to this section in conjunction with any request for bids issued
by such agency for the purchase of goods.
  e.  The  director  of   citywide   environmental   purchasing,   after
consultation  with  the office of long-term planning and sustainability,
shall establish a program  through  the  city  website,  and  any  other
relevant means of media or communication, to identify and recognize city
agency  contractors that consistently further the goals of the packaging
reduction guidelines established pursuant to this section.