Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 260 - Office of Management and Enterprise Services › Chapter 85 - Recycling › Section 260:85-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall
				have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				otherwise:
"Agency"
means any department, board, commission,
				institution, authority, or agency of the State of Oklahoma.
"Asphalt materials containing ground tire rubber"
means asphalt material mixed with recovered rubber from scrap automobile,
				truck, or bus tires. The term includes asphalt rubber and rubber modified
				asphalt.
"Director"
means the Director of the Office of
				Management and Enterprise Services.
"Economically feasible"
means that the cost of an
				action is reasonable in consideration of the beneficial result, as determined
				by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
"Life cycle cost"
means a cost which is
				distinguished from a product's purchase price in that the additional
				considerations of waste disposal cost, durability, and reusability are
				incorporated into the concept of product cost.
"Office" or "OMES"
means the Office of Management
				and Enterprise Services.
"Post-consumer material"
means those products or
				recyclable materials generated or discarded by a business or a consumer that
				have served their intended end uses, and that have been recovered from or
				otherwise diverted from the solid waste stream for the purpose of recycling.
				Wastepaper generated in paper mill operations such as cutting, trimming,
				coating, or converting, along with mill broke and other in-plant residual
				wastes, although present in recycled paper products, shall not be included in
				the determination of the percentage of post-consumer material, but may be
				included in the determination of the percentage of total recycled materials
				content.
"Practicable"
means capable of being used
				consistent with:
(A) performance in accordance with applicable
				specifications;
(B) availability at a reasonable price;
(C) availability within a reasonable period of time;
(D) maintenance of a satisfactory level of competition.
"Price preference"
means the percentage over and
				above the price of non-recycled products and materials which may be allowed for
				the purchase of recycled products and materials.
"Products manufactured from virgin materials"
means products which are composed entirely of materials which have not been
				previously used in manufacture.
"Products manufactured with recycled materials"
means products that are manufactured with a minimum content of ten percent
				(10%) post-consumer materials.
"Recyclable materials"
means materials or products
				which are capable of being recycled, including, but not limited to paper,
				glass, plastics, metals, automobile oil, and batteries.
"Recycled paper products"
means all paper products
				manufactured from recoverable waste paper, with not less than ten percent (10%)
				of their total weight consisting of waste paper.
"Recycling"
means a three step process:
(A) the identification and collection of usable materials from
				the solid waste stream;
(B) the processing of these materials into new products;
				and,
(C) the purchase and use of products containing reused
				materials.
"Recycling plan"
means a scheme, method, schedule,
				and outline for action which is designed to fulfill the intent, requirements,
				and goals of the Oklahoma State Recycling and Recycled Materials Procurement
				Act.
"Recycling program"
means a system of
				instructions, procedures, services, and tasks by which source reduction is
				accomplished, recyclable materials are salvaged, separated, and disposed of,
				and products manufactured with recycled materials are procured, in accordance
				with the intent of the Oklahoma State Recycling and Recycled Materials
				Procurement Act. A recycling program may include services provided by private,
				nonprofit, and/or cooperative contractors.
"Re-refined oils"
means used oils from which the
				physical and chemical contaminants acquired through prior use have been removed
				through a refining process.
"Retreaded tire"
means any tire that utilizes an
				existing casing for the purpose of vulcanizing new tread to such casing and
				which meets all performance and quality standards specified in the Federal
				Motor Vehicle Safety Standards determined by the United States Department of
				Transportation.
"State public entity"
means the State Legislature,
				any bureau, agency, board, commission, or authority of the state; the Office of
				the Governor, the judiciary, or any state university, school district or county
				of the state which is supported in whole or in part by state funds.
"The Act"
means the Oklahoma State Recycling and
				Recycled Materials Procurement Act.