1. The commissioner of administration, in consultation with the environmental improvement and energy resources authority of the department of natural resources, shall give full consideration to the purchase of products made from materials recovered from solid waste and to the reduction and ultimate elimination of purchases of products manufactured in whole or in part of thermoformed or other extruded polystyrene foam manufactured using any fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). Products that utilize recovered materials of a price and quality comparable to products made from virgin materials shall be sought and purchased, with particular emphasis on recycled oil, retread tires, compost materials and recycled paper products. The commissioner shall exercise a preference for such products if their use is technically feasible and, where a bid is required, their price is equal to, or less than, the price of items which are manufactured or produced from virgin materials. Products that would be inferior, violate safety standards or violate product warranties if the provisions of this section are followed may be excluded from the provisions of this section.

2. The commissioner of administration shall:

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(1) Review the procurement specifications in order to eliminate discrimination against the procurement of recycled products;

(2) Review and modify the contract specifications for paper products and increase the minimum required percentage of recycled paper in each product as follows:

(a) Forty percent recovered materials for newsprint;

(b) Eighty percent recovered materials for paperboard;

(c) Fifty percent waste paper in high grade printing and writing paper;

(d) Five to forty percent in tissue products;

(3) Support federal incentives and policy guidelines designed to promote these goals;

(4) Develop and implement a cooperative procurement policy to facilitate bulk order purchases and to increase availability of recycled products. The policy shall be distributed to all state agencies and shall be made available to political subdivisions of the state;

(5) Conduct a survey using existing staff of those items customarily required by the state that are manufactured in whole or part from polystyrene plastic, and report its findings, together with an analysis of environmentally acceptable alternatives thereto, prepared in collaboration with the department of natural resources, to the general assembly and every state agency within six months of August 28, 1995.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no state agency may purchase any food or beverage containers or wrapping manufactured from any polystyrene foam manufactured using any fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) found by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be an ozone-depleting chemical.

4. No state agency may purchase any items made in whole or part of thermoformed or other extruded polystyrene foam manufactured using any fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) found by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be an ozone-depleting chemical without approval from the commissioner of administration. Approval shall not be granted unless the purchasing agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the director of the department of natural resources and the commissioner that there is no environmentally more acceptable alternatives or the quality of such alternatives is not adequate for the purpose intended.

5. For each paper product type and corresponding recycled paper content standard pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section, attainment goals for the percentage of paper products to be purchased that utilize post-consumer recovered materials shall be:

(1) Ten percent in 1991 and 1992;

(2) Twenty-five percent in 1993 and 1994;

(3) Forty percent in 1995; and

(4) Sixty percent by 2000.

6. In the review of capital improvement projects for buildings and facilities of state government, the commissioner of administration shall direct the division of facilities management, design and construction to give full consideration to alternatives which use solid waste, as defined in section 260.200, as a fuel for energy production or which use products composed of materials recovered from solid waste.

7. The commissioner of administration, in consultation with the environmental improvement and energy resources authority of the department of natural resources, shall prepare and provide by January first of each year an annual report summarizing past activities and accomplishments of the program and proposed goals of the program including projections for each affected agency. The report shall also include a list of products utilizing recovered materials that could substitute for products currently purchased and a schedule of amounts purchased of products utilizing recovered materials compared to purchases of similar products utilizing virgin materials for the period covered by the annual report.

8. The office of administration, department of natural resources and department of economic development shall cooperate jointly and share to the greatest extent possible, information and other resources to promote:

(1) Producers or potential producers of secondary material goods to expand or develop their product lines;

(2) Increased demand for secondary materials recovered in Missouri; and

(3) Increased demand by state government for products which contain secondary materials recovered in Missouri.

9. The commissioner of administration may increase minimum recycled content percentages for paper products, minimum recycled content percentages for other recycled products and establish minimum post-consumer content as such products become available. The preference provided in subsection 1 of this section shall apply to the minimum standards established by the commissioner.