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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.223-4 Recovered Material Certification.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This provision requires an offeror to certify, by signing its offer, that the recovered materials content for EPA-designated items it will deliver or use meets the minimum required by the contract specifications or other contractual requirements. It matters because the certification is tied to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and becomes part of the offeror's binding representation.

Applies to: Offerors submitting offers on contracts that include this provision

What it requires

  • Certify, by signing the offer, that the percentage of recovered materials content for EPA-designated items to be delivered or used in contract performance will be at least the amount required by the applicable contract specifications or other contractual requirements

Key terms: Recovered Material Certification · recovered materials content · EPA-designated items · Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 · offeror

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 23.109(b)(1), insert the following provision:

Recovered Material Certification (MAY 2008)

As required by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(i)), the offeror certifies, by signing this offer, that the percentage of recovered materials content for EPA-designated items to be delivered or used in the performance of the contract will be at least the amount required by the applicable contract specifications or other contractual requirements.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 4.1202 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
  • 23.107-1 Products containing recovered materials.
  • 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications.

← 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data. · 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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