A. In order to comply with the City's organic waste product procurement target, as required by 14 CCR § 18993.1, any mulch procured by the City or by a direct service provider who is required to procure mulch through a written contract or agreement with the City shall:
1. Meet and exceed the physical contamination, maximum metal concentration, and pathogen density standards for land application specified in 14 CCR §§ 17852(a)(24.5)(A)1 through 3; and
2. Be produced at one of the following facilities:
a. A compostable material handling operation or facility, as defined in 14 CCR § 17852(a)(12), that is permitted or authorized under 14 CCR Division 7, other than a chipping and grinding operation or facility as defined in 14 CCR § 17852(a)(10);
b. A transfer/processing facility or transfer/processing operation, as defined in 14 CCR §§ 17402(a)(30) and (31), respectively, that is permitted or authorized under 14 CCR Division 7; or
c. A solid waste landfill, as defined in Cal. Public Resources Code § 40195.1, that is permitted under 27 CCR Division 2.
B. All vendors providing paper products and printing and writing paper shall:
1. Certify in writing, under penalty of perjury, the minimum percentage of post-consumer 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 post-consumer 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;
2. Certify in writing, on invoices or receipts provided, that the paper products and printing and writing paper offered or sold to the City are eligible to be labeled with an unqualified recyclable label as defined in 16 Code of Federal Regulations § 260.12 (as published on January 1, 2013);
C. All City departments and direct service providers to the City must comply with any City Environmental Preferable Purchasing Policy, including any recovered organic waste product and recycled content paper procurement requirements.
(Ord. No. 2021-014, § 2(part))