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Seattle |
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Municipal Code |
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Title 20. PUBLIC WORKS, IMPROVEMENTS AND PURCHASING |
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SubTitle III. Contracting |
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Chapter 20.60. PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT |
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SubChapter III. Recycled Content Product Procurement Program |
§ 20.60.202. Definitions.
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"City solid waste stream" means any solid waste created or generated within City limits whether residential or nonresidential.
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"Content standards" means standards adopted by the Director pursuant to SMC 20.60.208 for the purpose of specifying content requirements that must be satisfied before a product may be deemed a recycled content product or a recyclable product. The content standards may address categories of products or particular products.
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"Contractor" means persons or companies contracting with the City for the purchase of any supplies, materials, equipment or service. This definition does not include contracts for services in connection with:
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The acquisition of real property and property rights;
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Processing of claims; and
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All litigation of the City or in which the City or any of its departments may be interested.
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"Local recycled content product" means such product or products that are derived from recycled materials recovered from City solid waste, provided the material used in the manufacture of such products can be reasonably traced back to its generation within City limits. Such products must contain a minimum of twenty-five (25) percent recycled materials except in those cases where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has adopted procurement guidelines under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-580, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.) ("RCRA"). In those cases, the minimum content of recycled material shall not be less than specified in the most current adopted issue of those guidelines.
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"Paper and paper products" means all items manufactured from paper or paperboard.
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"Post-consumer waste" means solid waste, including yard waste, that has passed through its end use as a consumer item and is suitable as feedstock in product manufacture.
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"Purchase contract" means any contract or order which is duly authorized and awarded or entered into by the Director or a department for the purchase of tangible goods.
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"Recyclable product" means a product or package made from a material for which curbside or drop-off collection systems are in place for a majority of City residents or businesses, to divert from City solid waste for use as a raw material in the manufacture of another product or the reuse of the same product.
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"Recycled content product" means a product containing a minimum of twenty-five (25) percent recycled materials except in those cases where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has adopted procurement guidelines under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-580, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.). In those cases, the minimum content of recycled material shall not be less than specified in the most current adopted issue of those guidelines.
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"Recycled materials" means post-consumer waste or secondary waste that has been recovered or diverted from solid waste and that can be utilized in place of a raw or virgin material in manufacturing a product.
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"Reusable product" means a product that can be used several times for an intended end use before being discarded, such as a washable food or beverage container or a refillable ballpoint pen.
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"Secondary paper waste" means paper waste generated after the completion of a paper or paper product making process, such as envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings, printing waste, cutting and other converting waste, bud rolls, mill wrappers, and obsolete inventories, rejected unused fibrous waste generated during the manufacturing process such as fibers recovered from waste or trimmings of paper machine rolls (mill broke), or fibrous byproducts of harvesting, extractive or woodcutting processes, or forest residue such as bark.
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"Secondary waste" means waste resulting from a part of a manufacturing process that, unless incorporated as a feedstock in product manufacture, must be disposed of as solid or hazardous waste.
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"Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes, except wastes identified in WAC 173-304-015, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, swill, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles or parts thereof, discarded commodities, sludge from wastewater treatment plants and septage from septic tanks, wood waste, dangerous waste, and problem wastes. This includes all public, private, industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations. Unrecovered residue from recycling operations shall be considered solid waste.
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"USEPA product standards" means the product standards of the United States Environmental Protection Agency published in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Chapters 248 through 253.