A. "Contractor" means any person, group of persons, association, partnership, corporation, or other type of business entity which has a contract with Pierce County or which serves in a subcontracting capacity with an entity having a contract with Pierce County for the provision of goods and/or services.

B. "Department" shall refer to any department as defined by Pierce County ordinance or other applicable law and shall include all County agencies not associated with a department. These agencies shall similarly discharge those duties this Chapter requires of departments and shall include the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney, the Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer, the Pierce County Auditor, and the Pierce County Council.

C. "Director" means the director of a County department or his or her designee.

D. "Paper and paper products" means all items manufactured from paper or paperboard.

E. "Post-consumer paper material" means paper, paperboard and fibrous wastes, including corrugated boxes, newspapers, magazines, mixed waste paper, tabulating cards, and used cordage from places such as retail stores, office buildings, and homes after the point at which they have passed through their end use as consumer items.

F. "Purchasing contract" means any contract or bid which is awarded by the County for the purchase of tangible goods.

G. "Recovered paper material" means paper waste generated after completion of a paper-making process, such as post-consumer material, envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings, printing waste, cutting and other converting waste, butt rolls, and mill wrappers, obsolete inventories, and rejected unused stock. Recovered paper material, however, shall not include fibrous waste generated during the manufacturing process such as fibers recovered from waste water or trimmings of paper machine rolls (mill broke), or fibrous by-products of harvesting, extractive or woodcutting processes, or forest residue such as bark.

H. "Recycled paper and paper products" means paper and paper products containing a specified minimum percentage content of recovered paper material and/or post-consumer paper material as determined by the Director of Utilities.