Executive Order 37

EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 37 WHEREAS, reduction of solid waste at the source and the recycling of reusable waste· materials will reduce the flow of waste to sanitary landfi l ls and other land disposal projects and increase the supply of reusable materials for the use of the public; and · WHEREAS, waste reduction and recycling efforts can enhance Iowa's energy conservation and energy independence ·efforts; and WHEREAS, the agencies of state government are major users of paper and generators of paper waste; and WHEREAS, the purchasing power of state government can have a major impact on the development of suppliers of recycled paper and the development of markets for waste paper; and WHEREAS, state government has a role to play as a model for the public and private sectors in Iowa in developing and implementing comprehensive programs for waste reduction, recycling, and the use of recycled products. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Terry E. Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa, do hereby order that: / / I. For the purposes of this Executive Order, "recycled paper" means a paper product with not less than forty percent of its total weight consisting of postconsumer material and recovered paper material. At least ten percent of total weight of recycled paper should be postconsumer material. The Department of Natural Resources shall make a recommendation to the Governor each January regarding the percent of postconsumer material and recovered paper material that should be used in making paper products, including specialty · papers and paper products, used by state government. This recommendation shall consider the availability and 7cost of paper with varying contents of postconsumer' material and recovered paper material . -, . .. .... '" / - 2 - \ II. All state agencies, including the . Board of Regents institutions, shall meet the following goals for the purchase and use of recycled printing and writing paper in conducting their official business: A. Twenty-five percent by January 1, 1990. B. Fifty percent by January 1, 1992. C. Seventy-five percent by January 1, 1996, and D. Ninety percent by January 1, 2000. III. All state agencies, including the Board of Regents institutions, shall meet the following goals for the purchase and use of recycled tissue products: A. Seventy-five percent by January 1, 1990, and B. Qne hundred percent by January 1, 1992. IV. All Des Moines offices of state agencies, including the Board of Regents and the Ames offices of the Department of Transportation, shall fully participate in the agency generated waste paper recycling program being implemented jointly by the Department of General Services and the Department of Natural Resources by March 1, 1989. V. All state agencies, including the Board of Regents institutions, shall develop and implement a comprehensive program for agency generated waste paper recycling by January 1, 1990. These programs may include contracts with private businesses to accept and recycle waste paper. VI. The Department of Natural Resources shall assist all state agencies, including the Board of Regents institutions, in developing and implementing a waste paper recycling program by January 1, 19 9 0. The program shall be designed to support the goals for use of recycled paper specified in Article 2, and to eliminate the land disposal of waste paper generated by state agencies by Jul y 1, 1992. VII. All publications of state agencies, including the Board of Regents, that are printed on recycled paper should contain the· recycled paper logo developed by the Department of Natural Resources on the t i tle page and outside back cover along with a .statement indicating ··_ that · the cover and or contents :pf the · publication .are printed on recycled paper. · ·· ATrEST: - 3 - \ VIII. The Department of Natural Resources, the Department of General Services, the Department of Transportation, and the Board of Regents institutions shall work together in an effort to make joint purchases of recycled papers and paper products whenever practical in order to acquire these papers and paper products at the lowest possible cost. IX. The Department of Natural Resources, the Department of General Services, the Department of Transportation, and the Board of Regents shall contact private businesses and local governments throughout the state that are large users of paper in an effort to develop joint purchasing agreements for recycled papers. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal · of the State of Iowa to be affixed. Done at Des Moines this \ 3 !" day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and. eighty-nine.