5. RESOURCES
FOR BUYING RECYCLED
BUY
RECYCLED WEBSITES
(with
appreciation to Timonie Hood, Gretchen Brewer, and others)
Air
Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE)
posts
Environmental Quality Directorate information, including a downloadable version
of the Air Force Procurement Guide.
http://www.afcee.brooks.af.mil
Alameda
County Waste Management Authority and Source Reduction and Recycling Board
database lists over 3,000 building materials containing recycled and
environmentally preferable products.
http://www.stopwaste.org
American
Plastics Council
"Shop Recycled Mall" makes it easy to shop for recycled-content plastic
products ranging from pencil cups to foam packaging.
http://www2.plasticsresource.com
Buy
Recycled Business Alliance
site provides information and success stories on buying recycled. No cost
membership entitles businesses to a 30-page guide on implementing a buy
recycled program, quarterly newsletters, and industry-specific guides and briefs.
http://brba.nrc-recycle.org
California
Integrated Waste Management Board Recycled Products Database
includes product listings in the Official Recycled Products Guide and product
search feature by type and recycled content level. Over 10,000 products and
businesses are listed.
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/mrt/rcp/rcpdbint.htm
Other
info from main page
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov
Commonwealth
of Massachusetts Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement
site includes product listings, definitions, contract information, sample bid
and contract language, fact sheets, and many other buy recycled resources.
http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/osd/enviro/enviro.htm
Conservatree's
Greenline
provides
practical and policy information on recycled paper, including and annual guide
to hundreds of recycled papers.
http://www.conservatree.com
EPA
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
site includes EPP newsletters and will include final guidance on
environmentally preferable purchasing.
http://www.epa.gov/oppinter/epp
EPA
Office of Solid Waste Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
site
provides EPA procurement guidelines, EPA documents, information on proposing
products for designation, and additional recycled product site links.
http://www.epa.gov/cpg
General
Services Administration and GSA Advantage!
site includes federal supply information and on-line ordering system.
http://www.gsa.gov
General
Services Administration/Federal Supply Service
environmental site with the GSA Environmental Products Guide, environmental
products and services, ordering information, business opportunities, and other
environmental purchasing links.
http://pub.fss.gsa.gov/environ/index.html
Global
Recycling Network
site offers recycled content product and recycling information.
http://www.grn.com
Government
Purchasing Project
is
working to catalyze purchasing of environmentally sound products.
http://www.gpp.org
Green
Cross:
See
Scientific Certification Systems, Inc.
Green
Seal
site lists recycled and environmentally preferable products uated through
life cycle assessment and qualified for the Green Seal label.
http://www.greenseal.org
Iris
Communications
site includes Resources for Environmental Design Index and environmental
information for design and construction industries.
http://www.oikos.com
National
Association of Counties (NACO)
Environmental Purchasing Campaign has a helpful starter kit. In addition, the
Cooperative Purchasing Alliance provides savings for cities and counties
including a master contract with Office Depot offering recycled content
products.
http://www.naco.org/programs/environ/purchase.cfm
National
Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO)
site includes a database of recycled products and is searchable by brand name,
common name, distributor, manufacturer, postconsumer content, price, etc.
http://www.fcn.state.fl.us/bpsr/drc_notice.html
National
Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc.,
public
purchasers member organization; free 1 month trial membership for online
resources; specs/contracts library access for members (not online)
http://NIGP.org/TechnicalSolutions
National
Marketplace for the Environment
,
annual trade show featuring environmentally preferable products
http://www.ecoexpo.com
Office
of the Federal Environmental Executive
site provides the full text of Executive Order 1310, "Greening the government
through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition," and other buy
recycled/recycling information.
http://www.ofee.gov
Pennsylvania
Resource Council's Recycling and Solid Waste Center
offers an on-line directory of recycled products and a comprehensive listing of
other recycled product directories.
http://www.prc.org/recctr.htm
Planet
GSA
site on GSA's internal environmental commitment to "Buy Green, Build Green,
Drive Green, and Save Green."
http://www.gsa.gov/planetgsa
Recycled
Products Guide (RPG)
published
by Recycling Data Management; directory of 800 product categories & 5000
manufacturers/distributors in US & Canada; available by individual or group
subscriptions in hard copy, online, or CD ROM, with quarterly newsletter updates
http://www.recyclingdata.com
or see California Integrated Waste Management Board site.
ReThink
Paper
site serves as a clearinghouse for information about recycled, tree-free, and
process chlorine-free paper, manufacturers and distributors, and printers and
publishers using these papers.
http://www.earthisland.org/ei/paper.rtp
Scientific
Certification Systems, Inc.:
third
party verification of recycled content and other environmental attributes of
products, qualifying items to carry Green Cross emblem, accompanied by specific
text regarding environmental claims
http://www.scs1.com
Smart
Office
provides
information on recycled and green office supplies, furnishings, interior
building materials, recycling and source reduction economics for business.
http://smartoffice.com
Waste
Less Trade Show
maintains a list of recycled-content and environmentally friendly products
including recycled plastic lumber, office furniture, paper products, plastic
bags, hardwood flooring, and recycling receptacles.
http://www.web.net/rco/wlts/products.htm
BUY
RECYCLED LISTSERVES
Environmentally
Preferable Products Procurement Listserve (EPPNET)
links federal, state, local and private procurement and environmental officials
charged with purchasing environmentally preferable products. To join, send the
following message (in either the subject line or the body of the text)
SUBSCRIBE EPPNET FIRSTNAME LASTNAME to:
lyris@aladdin.webrover.com
Also
send a short description of who you are/where you work to
epratt@sover.net
to be accepted.
Green
Building Mailing List:
Go to
http://oikos.com,
scroll down to the Main Menu and click on Green Building Mailing list for
sign-up instructions.
Greenyes
list
by the GrassRoots Recycling Network has archives of questions and answers. To
post to the greenyes list, send an email to:
greenyes@earthsystems.org
Waste
Prevention
WPIELIST - Subscribers to this list will receive e-mails about source reduction
and business efficiency. To subscribe, send an email to
listmaster@lists.ciwmb.ca.gov
with "SUBSCRIBE WPIELIST" as the BODY of the message.
OTHER
BUY RECYCLED RESOURCES
(phone
numbers)
Batteries
re-conditioned
Advance
Batteries in Santa Monica, CA 310-450-1630.
Buy
Recycled Business Alliance
30-page guide on implementing a buy recycled program, 703-683-9025, Ext. 403
California
Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
:
Jerry Hart 916-255-4454
California
Resource Recovery Association (CRRA)
Georgia
Foxwatters, 916-441-2772, crra@aol.com
CalMAX
(California MAterials EXchange), Kevin Taylor, 916-255-2487
Chlorine
Free Paper
:
Claude Nelson, Rolland, Inc., 800-567-9872; Jakob Jonsson 888-807-8672; Terry
Smith, Scheufelen North America, 800-551-2470; Ed Kalupa, Manistique Papers,
800-743-2389; Seventh Generation, 800-456-1191; Chlorine Free Products
Association, Mika Valtasaari, 847-658-6104
Cleaning
Products
:
Santa Monica (Debbie Raphael 310-458-2255) has a list of companies that offer
environmental products, which include: The Clean Environment (The Natural
Product Line) (800) 266-2353; Biochem Systems (Bio-T product line) from Mamco
International (800) 442-4686; AFM (619) 239-0321; Harvey Universal (800)
800-3330; Naturally Yours (417) 889-3995; Enviro Care (800) 688-7642; BCD
International (800) 422-9290; Water-based parts cleaner, Colleen Hassell at
Dura Chem 714-630-4100.
Federal
Facilities Master Specification Manual
is available free from Shelly Worsham, Department of Energy 510-486-6123.
L.A.
Shares,
materials reuse program, Bert Ball 213-485-1097
National
Association of Counties (NACO)
Environmental Purchasing Campaign and Cooperative Purchasing Alliance, Tony
Hayes 202-393-6226
National
Association of State Purchasing Officials,
lists of recycled products, 606-259-0959
National
Office Paper Recycling Project,
US
Conference of Mayors, Sharon Oxley, Director 202-861-6774 fx: 202-429-0422
Natural
Gas Master Contract
,
available to all California counties and cities, 916-323-6295.
Office
supplies
,
discounts for counties and cities at Office Depot, Kevin Juhring, 800-890-4914 ext. 6224 or Ken Meyer, 818-837-2500 x563 Fax: 818-365-8020.
Oil
filters:
Delta Four in Sun Valley (818-767-2302) recycles vehicle oil filters.
Plastic
board
(from plastic milk bottles): Janusetcie, Los Angeles 310-652-7090
Recycled
Paper Master Contract
available to all California counties and cities 916-391-4684 or fax
916-391-4684 .
Rubberized
sidewalks
:
US Rubber Recycling Inc. 909-466-4365.
Technical
Information Sources
:
State of Massachusetts: Eric Friedman (617) 727-3260; State of Minnesota:
Kelly Luck (612) 215-0220; St. Paul Neighborhood Energy Coalition: Pat
Schoenecker (612) 644-5436; Washington Toxics Coalition: Philip Dickey (206)
632-1545; Green Seal: Arthur Weissman (202) 588-8400 (ask for Choose Green
report); SAFE Consulting: Sophia Wakefield (307) 733-5418; Tom Barron,
consultant (925) 283-8121
US
EPA Region IX
,
buy recycled office, Timonie Hood 415-744-1113
US
EPA Reports
on Santa Monica's Environmental Purchasing Programs and others,
Eun-Sook
Goidel, 202-260-3296
OTHER
PURCHASING RESOURCES
(but
not necessarily recycled)
California
Assoc. of Public Purchasing Officers (CAPPO)
http://www.cappo.org
Dee
Johnston, 805-868-3033, deejohns@kerncounty.com
California
Assoc. of School Business Officials (CASBO)
Southern Section Purchasing R & D Committee,
http://vcss.k12.ca.us/CASBO/
Judy Miller, Chair, jmiller@cvusd.k12.ca.us
Los
Angeles Metro Public Purchasing Agents Cooperative
(LAMPPAC) purchasing managers group works on joint bids and piggy-backing,
http://www.lamppac.org
Gwen
Ing-Ellis 310-