Closing
the Loop:
Buy
Recycled
Wednesday,
November 18, 1998
Santa
Monica, California
Organized
by the
Southern
California Council on Environment and Development (SCCED)
626
Santa Monica Blvd. #253, Santa Monica, CA 90401-2538
Phone:
310-281-8534 Fax: 310-455-3011 Website: www.scced.org
Email:
sccedmail@aol.com
The report is divided into eight files:
- Executive Summary (3 pages)
- Introduction and Keynote Presentations (4 pages)
- Procurement Track (23 pages)
- Maintenance Track (6 pages)
- Resources
for Buying Recycled (6 pages)
- List
of Conference Participants (5 pages)
- List of Vendors (2 pages)
- Report on Conference Feedback (2 pages)
Below is the Table of Contents followed by acknowledgments of the Sponsors, Co-sponsors and Conference Task Force. (Note that page numbers are approximate, depending on margin settings.)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
1. EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
2. INTRODUCTION
AND KEY NOTE ADDRESSES
Environmentally
Smart Purchasing in Santa Monica, Craig Perkins
- Page 1
Environmental
Purchasing in King County, Eric Nelson
- Page 2
3. PROCUREMENT
TRACK
RECYCLED
PRODUCT SUCCESS STORIES
Successes
in the City of Los Angeles, Susana Estreller
- Page 1
Successes
in Victorville, Claudia Roberts
- Page 4
Making
the Shift to Sustainability, Ron Weber
- Page 5
DEVELOPING
EFFECTIVE POLICIES FOR BUYING RECYCLED
Environmental
Purchasing in Santa Monica, Dean Kubani
- Page 7
Alameda
County Recycled Product Purchase Preferences Program, Beth Eckl
- Page 10
COOP
BUYING,
Eugene
Grigsby
- Page 13
EDUCATING
THE END USER
Developing
an Interactive System with the Users, Eric Nelson
- Page 14
Ways
to Involve the Users, Beth Eckl
- Page 16
NEW
BID SPECS: REMOVING BARRIERS TO BUYING RECYCLED
Executive
Order on Preventing Waste and Acquisition Policy, Timonie Hood
- Page 18
Buying
Recycled - An Historical Perspective, Gretchen Brewer
- Page 20
COOPERATIVE
BUYING: COST EFFECTIVE BUYING STRATEGIES
Master
Contracts Available from the State of California, Pat Bailey
- Page 21
Get
Serious About Buying Recycled, or Lose Recycled Paper, Jennifer Pinkerton
- Page 22
4. MAINTENANCE
TRACK
Buying
Green Cleaning Products, Debbie Raphael
- Page 1
Recycled
Products at the U.S. Post Office, Martin Graham
- Page 3
No-Maintenance
Recycled Plastic Lumber Saves Money, Larry Wheaton
- Page 4
Re-refined
Oil Works Well, Grahame Watts
- Page 4
Environmental
Practices in the Fleet Maintenance Facility, Ralph Merced
- Page 5
Environmentally-friendly
Street Maintenance, Robin Jarrett
- Page 5
Stocking
Recycled Products at the Central Warehouse, Mark Breed
- Page 6
APPENDICES
5. Resources
for Buying Recycled
Websites
Listserves
Other
Buy Recycled Resources
Other
Purchasing Resources & Websites
6. List
of Conference Participants
7. List
of Vendors
8. Report
on Conference Feedback
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Sponsors
included: America Recycles Day/California, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County Department of Public Works, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, The
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Solid Waste Association of North America
(SWANA) Founding Chapter.
Co-sponsors
included: American Public Works Association, Building Owners and Managers
Association (BOMA), California Association of Public Purchasing Officers
(CAPPO), California General Services Administration, California Resource
Recovery Association (CRRA), City of Beverly Hills, City of Claremont, City of
Culver City, City of Long Beach, City of Los Angeles, City of Redondo Beach,
City of Santa Monica, City of West Hollywood, Los Angeles Metropolitan Public
Purchasing Agents Cooperative (LAMPPAC), League of California Cities, Local
Government Commission, Maintenance Superintendents Association, Municipal
Equipment Maintenance Association, National Marketplace for the Environment,
UCLA County-Wide Solid Waste Policy Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region IX.
Conference
Task Force
included: Joe Haworth, Mike Miller, Kim Braun, Joan Satt, Carmen Carso, John
Jakupcak, Kathleen Gildred, Kate Lutz, and Jim Stewart.