A. Direct service providers of landscaping maintenance, renovation, and construction to the City shall:
1. Use compost and SB 1383 eligible mulch, as practicable, produced from recovered organic waste, for all landscaping renovations, construction, or maintenance performed for the City, whenever available, and capable of meeting quality standards and criteria specified. SB 1383 eligible mulch used for land application shall comply with 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, Article 12 and must meet or exceed the physical contamination, maximum metal concentration, and pathogen density standards specified in 14 CCR Section 17852(a)(24.5)(A)(1) through (3).
2. Keep and, upon the request of the City, provide records of procurement of recovered organic waste products to City, upon completion of projects. information to be provided shall include:
a. General description of how and where the product was used and if applicable, applied;
b. Source of product, including name, physical location, and contact information for each entity, operation, or facility from whom the recovered organic waste products were procured;
c. Type of product;
d. Quantity of each product; and
e. Invoice or other record demonstrating purchase or procurement.
B. All vendors providing paper products and printing and writing papers to the City shall:
1. If fitness and quality are equal, provide recycled-content paper products and recycled-content printing and writing papers instead of non-recycled products whenever recycled-content paper products and recycled-content printing and writing papers are available at the same or lesser total cost than non-recycled items.
2. Provide paper products and printing and writing papers that meet the Federal Trade Commission recyclability standard as defined in 16 CFR section 260.12, as published January 1, 2013.
3. Certify in writing, under penalty of perjury and in a form and manner satisfactory to the City, the minimum percentage of postconsumer material in the paper products and printing and writing papers offered or sold to the City. This certification requirement may be waived if the percentage of postconsumer material in the paper products, printing and writing papers, or both can be verified by a product label, catalog, invoice, or a manufacturer or vendor internet website.
4. Certify in writing on invoices or receipts provided, that the paper products and printing and writing papers offered or sold to the City are eligible to be labeled with an unqualified recyclable label as defined in 16 CFR section 260.12, as published January 1, 2013.
5. Provide records to the City's recovered organic waste product procurement recordkeeping designee or staff in accordance with this section and with any City recycled-content paper procurement policy and recycled-content printing and writing papers procurement policy of all paper products and printing and writing papers purchases within thirty (30) days of the purchase (both recycled-content and non-recycled content, if any is purchased) made by any division or department or employee of the City. Records shall include a copy (electronic or paper) of the invoice or other documentation of purchase, written certifications as required in subsections B3 and B4 of this section for recycled-content purchases, purchaser name, quantity purchased, date purchased, and recycled content (including products that contain none), and if non-recycled content paper products or printing and writing papers are provided, include a description of why recycled-content paper products or printing and writing papers were not provided. (Ord. 21-O-2854, eff. 1-21-2022)