Pursuant to a recently enacted state law, SB 1383 (Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 18993.3), Del Norte County must now require all businesses from whom the County purchases paper products and printing and writing paper to certify in writing the minimum percentage, if not the exact percentage, of postconsumer material in the paper products and printing and writing paper offered or sold to the County. The certification must be furnished under penalty of perjury. This certification may be waived if the percentage of postconsumer material in the paper products, printing and writing paper, or both can be verified by a product label, catalog, invoice, or a manufacturer or vendor Internet website. Additionally, it must also be certified that the paper products and printing and writing paper offered or sold to the County is eligible to be labeled with an unqualified recyclable label as defined in 16 CFR Section 260.12.

In order to comply with this requirement CalRecycle has provided a form that may be used in order to collect this certification from businesses from which paper products and printing and writing paper is procured. Effective with all future purchases of paper products and printing and writing paper, all departments are now instructed to obtain certification using this form or to provide the alternative verification as described above (i.e. product label, catalog, invoice, or a manufacturer or vendor Internet website).

This certification must be submitted within 30-days of purchase by uploading this information at the following link: https://forms.gle/EEtg4TtTAnGbAxqDA

Should you have any questions about this please contact Administration. Thank you for your cooperation.

• Upload Certification Documents

• CalRecycle Form