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MODL - Recycled Policy 2007

  • YEAR CREATED: 2007
  • ENTITY TYPE: County
  • TYPE OF DOCUMENT: MODL - Model, Templates
The document is the Catawba County Buy Recycled Policy, which was implemented on August 1, 2007. The policy emphasizes the county's commitment to cost-effective recycling and waste prevention methods. All county departments and divisions are expected to maximize the procurement of recycled products and recover as many recyclable materials as possible from their daily operations. The County Purchasing Agent is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the policy, while the County Waste Reduction Coordinator synchronizes the efforts of procurement officers in buying recyclable and recycled content products. The policy encourages county departmental divisions to buy and use recycled products and materials if they are reasonably competitive with non-recycled products and meet or exceed the quality specifications of comparable products. Buyers are required to make every effort to identify recycled products and communicate their desire to purchase recycled products to distributors/vendors. Specifically, the policy highlights the use of recycled paper for all documents when possible. It acknowledges that the purchase of some recycled products may exceed the costs of non-recycled products, but cost alone should not determine the purchase. Factors such as environmental benefits, performance quality, and the life cycle of the product should also be considered. Buyers are expected to track and enter all purchases related to recycled products through a tracking program accessible through PeopleSoft. This information will be used to create the Buy Recycled Annual Report, which will be presented to the Board of Commissioners and included in the State Recycling Report submitted to the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The responsibilities of buyers and procurement officials include buying recycled content products when feasible, becoming familiar with items that contain recycled content, evaluating goods and equipment to be compatible with the use of recycled products, and ensuring procurement procedures and documents include buying recycled and waste reduction language. The County Purchasing Agent conducts buy recycled training programs for county employees, encourages the purchase of products with the highest percentage of recycled content materials, establishes product specifications and procurement language to support waste reduction, and tracks the county's total annual dollar purchases of recycled content goods and products. The County Waste Reduction Coordinator assists in training on buy recycled purchasing and waste reduction, helps develop the Buy Recycled Annual Report, and works with purchasing agents and staff to meet the goals of the policy. Lastly, the document emphasizes waste reduction at its source and suggests various measures such as using email instead of paper, reusing interoffice envelopes, saving reusable paper, making double-sided photocopies, and using reusable mugs for beverages. Overall, the Catawba County Buy Recycled Policy aims to promote the procurement of recycled products, maximize recycling efforts, and reduce waste in the county's operations.
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