California § 32371 - The following definitions govern the interpretation of this article: (a)

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§ 32371. The following definitions govern the interpretation of this article: (a)

The following definitions govern the interpretation of this article: (a) “Educational agency” means any school district, county office of education, or campus of the California State University and Colleges. (b) “Paper recycling program” means, (1) the provision of specially marked containers which are intended to receive either all grades or only some grades of postconsumer wastepaper but which are not intended to receive other forms of postconsumer waste, (2) publicity directed at all persons who frequent buildings with the containers encouraging those persons to deposit wastepaper in the containers, and (3) the collection of all paper deposited in the containers for the purpose of recycling. (c) “Postconsumer waste” means a finished material which would normally be disposed of as solid waste, having completed its life cycle as a consumer item. (d) “Recycled paper” means all paper and woodpulp products with not less than 50 percent of its total weight consisting of secondary and postconsumer waste and with not less than 10 percent of its total weight consisting of postconsumer waste. (e) “Secondary waste” means fragments of products or finished products of a manufacturing process which has converted a virgin resource into a commodity of real economic value, and includes postconsumer waste, but does not include mill broke, wood slabs, chips, sawdust, or other wood residue from a manufacturing process.

Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 32371 cover?

Section 32371 ("The following definitions govern the interpretation of this article: (a)") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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