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u~t. i ATtACttME~vT ~ 1l RCSOLLRZOM R~G~RpiliG Pt7'AClV1=~ AND VSE Q!' IZDiS !VIDE MIiZ7! RECYCLED I~iATERlALS IWD REL~ITED xAT''t'EAS ,t~i•il•13iR-?) wtiERFxS, sanitary landfill spate is at a pseeiva, and tutur• landfill sites will be incseasingly dittievlt to find; and afNERF,3-S, each of tt+a •atetial that enters the vast• strea' can be recycled, reused of incorposated ire ttie a~anutaeture e!' n•r products; and i~HERF.~-5, the Council stipparts oasts reduction, incrsassd recycling and she manutactyre and tise of products aade rith recycled materials; and. Y~{ERFAS, the ToVn of Chapel Ni12 Ras already established the practice of purchasing items made vitA reayeled paper, plastic and other materials; and irTHERF..~-S, the Council desires td participate in tre national effort to promote secyClinq thsough purchase and use of preduets Bads rich recycled materials; N4W, THEREFORE, sE 1T RESOLVED by the Covntil o! the Town of CRapei Hill that tRe Council adopts the tollovinq pol3eies ragardi~q purchase of item= manvtaGtured with recycled saterials; i. The Tovn vili seek to byy and use products needed !or ?ov~rt services vhfcA are made xith recycled aat•risls it fitness, quality, and Arica and other relevant considerations are sybstantialiy eq+~ivalent to as better than those o! non- reeyeled product:; and the Tova will continue to toilov State law regarding purchasing procedures. 3. The Town viii seek tv coordinate pttrahaainq aetivitiss with other governments to promote purchasing based on tt~! above policies. 3. Sha Manager Yill revier the Town's purchasing needs and speciifcation* to identify teasit-le nev opposturiities to specify and purahaae items with recycled matetlai in accord with the above policies. 4. The council autherizas tht Manages to establish ada~inistrative polioies and procedura,~ regarding pusohase of items mdda vitA recycled material. 5c~eh pol~-cies shall be consistent with this reSOlNti011. This the 13th day of tiovember, il91.