Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Recycled Paper (52.204-4) (August
2000)

\(a\) Definitions. As used in this clause\--

\"Postconsumer\" material means a material or finished product that has
served its intended use and has been discarded for disposal or recovery,
having completed its life as a consumer item. Postconsumer material is a
part of the broader category of \"recovered material.\" For paper and
paper products, postconsumer material means \"postconsumer fiber\"
defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as\--

\(1\) Paper, paperboard, and fibrous materials from retail stores,
office buildings, homes, and so forth, after they have passed through
their end-usage as a consumer item, including: used corrugated boxes;
old newspapers; old magazines; mixed waste paper; tabulating cards; and
used cordage; or

\(2\) All paper, paperboard, and fibrous materials that enter and are
collected from municipal solid waste; but not

\(3\) Fiber derived from printers\' over-runs, converters\' scrap, and
over-issue publications.

\"Printed or copied double-sided\" means printing or reproducing a
document so that information is on both sides of a sheet of paper.

\"Recovered material,\" for paper and paper products, is defined by EPA
in its Comprehensive Procurement Guideline as \"recovered fiber\" and
means the following materials:

\(1\) Postconsumer fiber; and

\(2\) Manufacturing wastes such as\--

> \(i\) Dry paper and paperboard waste generated after completion of the
> papermaking process (that is, those manufacturing operations up to and
> including the cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into
> smaller rolls or rough sheets) including: envelope cuttings, bindery
> trimmings, and other paper and paperboard waste resulting from
> printing, cutting, forming, and other converting operations; bag, box,
> and carton manufacturing wastes; and butt rolls, mill wrappers, and
> rejected unused stock; and
>
> \(ii\) Repulped finished paper and paperboard from obsolete
> inventories of paper and paperboard manufacturers, merchants,
> wholesalers, dealers, printers, converters, or others.

\(b\) In accordance with Section 101 of Executive Order 13101 of
September 14, 1998, Greening the Government through Waste Prevention,
Recycling, and Federal Acquisition, the Contractor is encouraged to
submit paper documents, such as offers, letters, or reports, that are
printed or copied double-sided on recycled paper that meet minimum
content standards specified in Section 505 of Executive Order 13101,
when not using electronic commerce methods to submit information or data
to the Government.

\(c\) If the Contractor cannot purchase 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 meeting the 30 percent postconsumer
material standard for use in submitting paper documents to the
Government, it should use paper containing no less than 20 percent
postconsumer material. This lesser standard should be used only when
paper meeting the 30 percent postconsumer material standard is not
obtainable at a reasonable price or does not meet reasonable performance
standards.

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