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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Initial review.--Commonwealth agencies shall review and revise their existing procurement procedures and specifications for the purchase of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing to:
(1) eliminate procedures and specifications that explicitly discriminate against goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing with recycled content; and
(2) encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing with recycled content.
(b) Continuing review.--Commonwealth agencies shall review and revise their procedures and specifications on a continuing basis to encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing with recycled content and shall, in developing new procedures and specifications, encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing with recycled content.
(c) Recycled materials.--
(1) Commonwealth agencies shall review and revise their procurement procedures and specifications for the purchase of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing to ensure, to the maximum extent economically feasible, that such agencies purchase goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing that may be recycled or reused when such goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing are discarded.
(2) Commonwealth agencies shall review and revise their procurement procedures and specifications on a continuing basis to encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing that may be recycled or reused.
(3) Commonwealth agencies shall also, in developing new procedures and specifications, encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing that may be recycled or reused.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 4000.1504. Procurement by Commonwealth agencies - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-4000-1504/
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