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Purchasing Procedures and Manual 30 <br />Product Procurement Target must be produced at a compostable material handling operation or <br />facility permitted or authorized under Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations Chapter 3.1 <br />of Division 7 or produced at a large volume in-vessel digestion facility that composts on-site as <br />defined and permitted under Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations Chapter 3.2 of <br />Division 7. Compost shall meet the State’s composting operations regulatory requirements. <br /> <br />Contractor – Any person, group of persons, business, consultant, designing architect, association, <br />partnership, corporation, supplier, vendor or other entity that has a contract with the City or <br />serves in a subcontracting capacity with an entity having a contract with the City for the <br />provision of goods or services. <br /> <br />Direct Service Provider – A person, company, agency, district, or other entity that provides a <br />service or services to the City pursuant to a contract or other written agreement or as otherwise <br />defined in Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations Section 18982(a)(17). <br /> <br />EcoLogo TM – A third-party, multi-attribute eco-labeling program founded by the Canadian <br />government in 1988. The Program compares products and services with others in the same <br />category, develops rigorous and scientifically relevant criteria, and awards the EcoLogoTM to <br />those that are environmentally preferable throughout their entire lifecycle. <br /> <br />Electricity Procured from Biomass Conversion – Electricity generated from biomass facilities <br />that convert Recovered Organic Waste, such as wood and prunings from the municipal stream, <br />into electricity. Electricity procured from a biomass conversion facility may only count toward <br />the Jurisdiction’s Annual Recovered Organic Waste Product Procurement Target if the facility <br />receives feedstock directly from certain permitted or authorized compostable material handling <br />operations or facilities, transfer/processing operations or facilities, or landfills, as described in <br />Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations Section 18993.1(i). <br /> <br />Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) – A procurement tool to help <br />institutional purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop <br />computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes. <br /> <br />Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) bleaching processes replace elemental chlorine gas with a <br />chlorine derivative as the bleaching agent. There is a wide range of different bleaching <br />sequences covered under this term. While all ECF processes significantly reduce the amount of <br />dioxins created in the bleaching process, those that include enhanced processes such as extended <br />and oxygen delignification achieve the greatest reduction. <br /> <br />Energy Star – The U.S. EPA’s energy efficiency product labeling program. <br /> <br />Energy-Efficient Product – A product that is in the upper 25% of energy efficiency for all similar <br />products, or that is at least 10% more efficient than the minimum level that meets Federal <br />standards. <br />Page 158 of 373