(A) Landscaping. Any person that provides services directly to the city for landscaping maintenance, renovation, and construction shall:
(1) Use compost and 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;
(2) Keep and provide to the city records of procurement of recovered organic waste products (either through purchase or acquisition), upon completion of projects. Information to be provided shall include:
(a) General description of how and where the product was used;
(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) Paper products. All vendors providing paper products and printing and writing paper to the city shall:
(1) If fitness and quality are equal, provide recycled-content paper products and recycled-content printing and writing paper that consists of at least 30%, by fiber weight, postconsumer fiber instead of non-recycled products whenever recycled paper products and printing and writing paper are available at the same or lesser total cost than non-recycled items or at a total cost of no more than 10% of the total cost for non-recycled items.
(2) Certify in writing, the minimum percentage of postconsumer material in the paper products and printing and writing paper 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 paper, or both can be verified by a product label, catalog, invoice, or a manufacturer or vendor internet website.
(3) Certify in writing, on invoices or receipts provided, that the paper products and printing and writing paper offered or sold to the city is eligible to be labeled with an unqualified recyclable label as defined in 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 260.12 (2013).
(4) Provide records to the city's Recycling Program Analyst, in accordance with the city's recycled-content paper procurement policy(ies) of all paper products and printing and writing paper purchases within 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 § 8.20.390(B)(2) and (3) 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. 3338 § 4 (part), 2021)