Who is Required to Use Recycled Paper?
Businesses performing federal contracts are required to use recycled paper, and may be required to do so for other government contracts. Some state courts (such as California) require documents to be printed on recycled paper. Many businesses not required to buy recycled paper nevertheless have developed policies to do so, as part of their environmental and community responsibility. The federal government requires its purchasers to buy recycled paper. It also requires contractors who pay more than $10,000 in a year for paper to buy recycled for the portion that is used to fulfill government contracts. Some state and local governments require their purchasers to buy only recycled paper. Others allow a price preference (a pricing leeway, usually about 10%) for recycled paper and/or have legislative goals for a percentage of their paper purchases to qualify as recycled content. All 50 states have some type of legislation or executive order encouraging the purchase of recycled paper and/or
