Oregon § 459A.505 Minimum recycled content for newsprint

Oregon Statutes

§ 459A.505 — Minimum recycled content for newsprint

Oregon § 459A.505

Vol.13

Title 36AHousing; Lottery and Games; Environment

Ch. 459AReuse and Recycling

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 459A.505 (2026).

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Every consumer of newsprint in Oregon shall ensure that at least 7.5 percent of the annual aggregate fiber content of all newsprint used by the consumer of newsprint is composed of post-consumer waste paper, if:

(1)Recycled-content newsprint is available at the same or lower weighted net price compared to that of newsprint made from virgin material;

(2)The average mechanical and optical properties of recycled-content newsprint from any individual mill measured quarterly meets or exceeds the average mechanical and optical properties of all newsprint produced in the northwest as reported in the most current quarterly American Newspaper Publisher Association Newsprint Quality Program Special Report; and

(3)The recycled-content newsprint is available within the same period of time as virgin

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Every consumer of newsprint in Oregon shall ensure that at least 7.5 percent of the annual aggregate fiber content of all newsprint used by the consumer of newsprint is composed of post-consumer waste paper, if:
(1) Recycled-content newsprint is available at the same or lower weighted net price compared to that of newsprint made from virgin material;
(2) The average mechanical and optical properties of recycled-content newsprint from any individual mill measured quarterly meets or exceeds the average mechanical and optical properties of all newsprint produced in the northwest as reported in the most current quarterly American Newspaper Publisher Association Newsprint Quality Program Special Report; and
(3) The recycled-content newsprint is available within the same period of time as virgin material.