Can agencies retain all sales proceeds from the sale of property, such as spent toner cartridges, related to waste prevention and recycling programs?
Federal Management Regulation, 41 CFR Part 102-38.295 provides that Federal agencies may retain all sales proceeds from the sale of “property related to waste prevention and recycling programs. ” “Property” in this FMR provision refers to material and expendable property. This includes things such as used aluminum cans, discarded paper, spent toner cartridges, carpeting, and steel. Material does not include property that can be refurbished, or remanufactured such as furniture and computers. Federal Property Management Regulation, 101-25.107, providing guidelines for requisitioning and proper use of consumable or low cost items, states that expendables such as pens, staplers, and tape dispensers are generally non-accountable after issue from warehouse stocks. Based on these examples, spent toner cartridges, whether refillable or not, are expendable and non-accountable once issued to the user. Expendable items are not considered as excess or surplus property. As such, expendable items ar
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