Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Art. VI Procurement

A. 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:

i. A general description of how and where the product was used;

ii. The 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;

iii. The type of product;

iv. The quantity of each product; and

v. An invoice or other record demonstrating purchase or procurement.

B. 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 percent, 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 ten percent 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 CFR 260.12 (2013).

4. Provide records to the city's recovered organic waste product procurement recordkeeping staff, in accordance with the city's recycled-content paper procurement policies 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 subsections (B)(2) and (3) 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. No. 658, § 4(8.20.440), 3-15-2022)