ACQUISITION OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS

A. The Purchase Unit of the System shall give preference to the acquisition of recycled product as long as the quality, the environment and the purpose for which it shall be used are not affected. B. The purchasing agents, prior to issue the purchase order, shall require from the suppliers that the quotation indicates if the product offered contains recycled material and the percent of recycled material contained. C. The Purchases Executive Official shall establish the mechanisms to execute purchases of paper that contains fifty (50%) percent of recycled fiber until reaching an ascending proportion of twenty-five (25%) percent of consumption of paper acquired by its institutional unit, as the cost of materials allows it. Those Regulations established by the Waste Management Authority, attached to the Natural and Environmental Resources Department of Puerto Rico shall always be observed.