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Related Links
In addition to EPA's CPG program, other governmental and nongovernmental organizations and private companies compile recycled-content product databases and buy-recycled information. Check the following related Web sites for more information:
Other EPA Sites
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Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
EPA's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing program encourages and assists federal agencies in purchasing environmentally preferable products and services. The site explains EPA's guiding principles for including environmental performance in purchasing decisionmaking and posts case studies of successful pilot projects in both the public and private sectors. -
WasteWise
WasteWise is a free, voluntary EPA program through which organizations eliminate costly municipal solid waste, benefitting their bottom line and the environment. The program provides hands-on assistance to members to help them purchase or manufacture recycled-content products, prevent waste, and recycle solid waste materials. -
Jobs Through Recycling
EPA's Jobs Through Recycling program stimulates economic growth and recycling market development by assisting businesses and supporting a network of state and regional recycling contacts. This Web site provides information on financing and technical assistance for recycling businesses, as well as other market development tools. -
MSW Web Site
EPA's MSW Web site includes information on the various methods for reducing and better managing solid waste, including source reduction, recycling, and disposal. This site also includes the latest facts and figures on MSW generation and recovery and state data.
Non-EPA Sites
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Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE)
OFEE's mission is to advocate, coordinate, and assist environmental efforts of the federal community in waste prevention, recycling, affirmative procurement of CPG items, and the acquisition of recycled and environmentally preferable products and services. -
King County, Washington
King County, Washington's Recycled Product Procurement Program site includes the program's annual report, summaries of the county's experience with recycled-content products, model buy-recycled contract language, and links to other related Web sites. -
California Integrated Waste Management Board's Buy Recycled Program (CIWMB)
CIWMB promotes California's policy to "buy green" and currently is working in several targeted priority areas such as the Recycled Paper Coalition, the building and construction industry, and the organics and composting industries. The recycled-content products database lists over 3,000 companies and 6,500 products with recycled content. -
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims in May 1998.
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US General Services Administration, Federal Supply Service (GSA/FSS)
The U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Supply Service has introduced many products into its supply system that have recycled content, offer energy and/or water savings, or that have been reformulated to be less environmentally detrimental. This site includes product descriptions, ordering information, information for prospective vendors, and more. You can also access GSA Advantage! , GSA's online ordering system to order any GSA product. -
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
The Defense Logistics Agency's Environmental Products Catalog includes information on several CPG-designated items including re-refined lubricating oil, recycled plastic lumber, and remanufactured/recycled laser printer toner cartridges. This site provides product and ordering information for these and other environmental products. -
Recycling
Data Network Inormation Services
This commercial Web site provides access, on a subscription basis, to a recycled-content products database of over 4,500 listings in 700 product classifications. It also provides a reference library and a newsletter. Managed by the publisher of the Official Recycled Products Guide, the product database is considered to be the largest of its kind.