Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
Title 7 - Agriculture |
Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
Chapter XXXII - Office of Procurement and Property Management, Department of Agriculture |
Part 3201 - Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement |
Subpart B - Designated Product Categories and Intermediate Ingredients or Feedstocks |
§ 3201.53 - Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam recycling products.
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§ 3201.53 Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam recycling products.
(a) Definition. Products formulated to dissolve EPS foam to reduce the volume of recycled or discarded EPS items.
(b) Minimum biobased content. The preferred procurement product must have a minimum biobased content of at least 90 percent, which shall be based on the amount of qualifying biobased carbon in the product as a percent of the weight (mass) of the total organic carbon in the finished product.
(c) Preference compliance date. No later than October 18, 2011, procuring agencies, in accordance with this part, will give a procurement preference for qualifying biobased EPS foam recycling products. By that date, Federal agencies that have the responsibility for drafting or reviewing specifications for items to be procured shall ensure that the relevant specifications require the use of biobased EPS foam recycling products.
[75 FR 63701, Oct. 18, 2010]