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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-415" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Purchasing Preferences">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Certified e–Stewards recycler” means a recycler of electronic products that has successfully completed the e–Stewards certification program created by the Basel Action Network.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Electronic product” means a product recycled by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a certified e–Stewards recycler;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a R2 certified recycler; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a recycler of electronic products that meets nationally recognized and consensus–based guidelines, standards, and systems for recycling that are approved by the Department of the Environment in consultation with the Department of General Services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“R2 certified recycler” means a recycler of electronic products that is certified in the R2 Practices Standards that are maintained by R2 Solutions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or after October 1, 2014, when awarding a procurement contract for services to recycle electronic products, a State unit shall award the contract to a recycler of electronic products that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is R2 or e–Stewards certified; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>meets nationally recognized and consensus–based guidelines, standards, and systems for recycling that are approved by the Department of the Environment in consultation with the Department of General Services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
