Certification of Percentage of Recovered
Material Content for EPA-Designated Items
EPA Recovered Materials Procurement Clause 52.223
Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items
MOP 201: 99.5% recovered materials
MOP 301: 80% recovered materials (20% - nutrient)
MOP 401: 95% Recovered material (5% Fire retardant)
(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.”
“Recovered material” means waste materials and by-products recovered or diverted from solid waste, but the term does not include those materials and by-products generated from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process.
Alternate I (May 2008). As prescribed in 23.406(d), redesignate paragraph (b) of the basic clause as paragraph (c) and add the following paragraph (b) to the basic clause:
(b) The Contractor shall execute the following certification required by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)):
I, Wayne D. King, am an officer or employee responsible for the performance of this contract and hereby certify that the percentage of recovered material content for EPA-designated items met the applicable contract specifications or other contractual requirements.