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What is NYC RCNY § 8-05?

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(a) DMSS' specifications will encourage: (1) the offering of products made with secondary materials; (2) the offering of products manufactured with remanufactured components; (3) the offering of products which are capable of utilizing products made with secondary materials or components that are remanufactured. (b)

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§ 8-05 Miscellaneous.

RCNY § 8-05

(a)DMSS' specifications will encourage: (1) the offering of products made with secondary materials; (2) the offering of products manufactured with remanufactured components; (3) the offering of products which are capable of utilizing products made with secondary materials or components that are remanufactured.

(b)DMSS will work with other government agencies and purchase from their existing contracts for products made with secondary materials or join with them in the cooperative purchase of such products.

(c)Requests for bids for aggregate product purchases and multi-material products will require that vendors identify products which are made wholly or partially with secondary materials. As appropriate, based upon considerations which include the amount of secondary material content and the volume of purchases by the City, such products may be separately bid or bid as a recycled product purchase or as a market stimulus bid.

(d)DMSS will encourage agencies wherever practicable to purchase retreaded tires from the DMSS requirements contract for such retreaded tires.

(e)DMSS will encourage agencies wherever practicable to purchase products made from post-consumer and other secondary materials.

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