[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR11.303]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 11_DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart 11.3_Acceptable Material

 

Sec. 11.303  Special requirements for printing and writing paper.



    (a) Section 505 of Executive Order 13101, Greening the Government 

through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition, 

establishes minimum recovered material content standards for agency 

purchases of printing and writing paper. Section 505 requires that 100 

percent of an agency's purchases of printing and writing paper must meet 

or exceed one of the minimum content standards specified in paragraph 

(b) of this section.

    (b) For high-speed copier paper, offset paper, forms bond, computer 

printout paper, carbonless paper, file folders, white wove envelopes, 

writing and office paper, book paper, cotton fiber paper, and cover 

stock, the minimum content standard must be no less than 30 percent 

postconsumer materials. If paper containing 30 percent postconsumer 

material is not reasonably available, does not meet reasonable 

performance requirements, or is only available at an unreasonable price, 

then the agency must purchase paper containing no less than 20 percent 

postconsumer material.