Drafter
Clerk 04/22/2011
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AN ORDINANCE relating to copy paper reduction and procurement of one-hundred-percent recycled content copy paper, amending Ordinance 9240, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.16.060, Ordinance 9240, Section 16, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.16.160 and Ordinance 9240, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.16.170 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 10.16.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Implementing paper conservation measures such as double-sided printing, increased use of electronic media, and reduction in number of document copies has been shown to significantly reduce paper consumption and associated costs.
2. Existing county code mandates a minimum recycled content of thirty percent in copy paper, and most county agencies are now purchasing copy paper with forty-percent recycled content. However, upgrading to one-hundred-percent recycled copy paper from forty-percent recycled copy paper would save an estimated eight thousand seven hundred trees annually, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by five hundred fifteen tons and reduce nearly five million gallons of wastewater and one hundred seventy-seven tons of solid waste produced by paper manufacturers.
3. One-hundred-percent recycled copy paper is compatible with the county's printers and copiers and performs as well as copy paper with lower recycled content.
4. The cost differential between one-hundred-percent and forty-percent recycled copy paper is expected to narrow as demand increases. This trend already appears to be occurring, as the price premium under the current state of Washington contract is only one percent.
5. Mandating use of one-hundred-percent recycled paper supports the goals and objectives of the King County Strategic Plan to minimize King County's operational environmental footprint.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 10.16 a new section to read as follows:
A. The office o...
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