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America Recycles Day (ARD) Exit EPA
ARD is a national grassroots campaign dedicated to increasing the purchase of recycled content products and recycling throughout America.

National Recycling Coalition Exit EPA
The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) is a national non-profit advocacy group with members that span all aspects of waste reduction, reuse and recycling in North America. It's objective is to eliminate waste and promote sustainable economies through advancing sound management practices for raw materials in North America.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Program Exit EPA
This site includes information on Massachusetts' efforts to buy environmentally preferable products (EPP), state contracts for the purchase of recycled products, guides and reports, upcoming events, and EPP contacts in Massachusetts.

Conservatree Exit EPA
This site provides information on recycled, tree-free, and chlorine-free printing and writing papers.

General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service
GSA's Federal Supply Service helps Federal agencies throughout the world acquire supplies, furniture, computers, tools, and equipment. This site contains information on the environmental products available from GSA.

Global Recycling Network (GRN) Exit EPA
The Global Recycling Network is currently constructing its GRN Marketplace Web site. The site offers recycled-content product information.

Green Seal Exit EPA
Green Seal is the independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the environment by promoting the manufacture and sale of environmentally responsible consumer products. It sets environmental standards and awards a "Green Seal of Approval" to products that cause less harm to the environment than other similar products.

King County, Washington Exit EPA
This is the Web site of King County, Washington's recycled product procurement program. The program, which began in 1989, established King County as a leader in developing applications for recycled products. This site describes the tools and techniques developed by King County agencies for purchasing recycled products.

Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
This office promotes, coordinates, and assists federal agencies with waste prevention, recycling, and the affirmative procurement of products made with recycled content and environmentally preferable products and services. This Web site contains a copy of Executive Order 13101, a summary of its implementation, current news, a list of resources, as well as best practices and success stories for waste prevention, recycling, and procurement.

Recycler's World Exit EPA
This site is a worldwide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used materials, and surplus items. There is also a calendar of events, a listing of associations, and a publications list.

Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) Exit EPA
SCS documents environmental claims, such as "recycled content" and "biodegradability," appearing on thousands of products and materials. SCS's Compliance Evaluation Program helps retailers, government agencies, and corporate procurement officials screen the environmental claims made by their vendors to ensure responsible green marketing.

Texas Recycled Exit EPA
This site promotes products remanufactured or made from recovered materials in Texas. Listings include construction materials, pallets, furnishings, automotive components, office supplies, and agricultural and landscaping products.

U.S. Conference of Mayors Exit EPA
This site provides information on their training program and information on implementing a buy-recycled program.

U.S. EPA's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program (EPP)
EPP is a federal-wide program that encourages and assists Executive agencies in the purchasing of environmentally preferable products and services. This site includes tools to implement EPP, successful stories, events, and an EPP discussion section.

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Buy Recycled Directories and Databases

American Plastics Council (APC) Exit EPA
This Web site includes an online Recycled Plastics Product Directory, which contains a lists of manufacturers of products that report postconsumer plastic content of at least 10 percent.

California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) Exit EPA
This site includes an online Recycled Content Product (RCP) Database, consisting of information on recycled products, manufacturers, distributors, reprocessors, mills, and converters who procure or produce recycled-content products or the recycled materials needed to make them. The result is a growing list of over 10,000 materials, products, and businesses.

Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance Exit EPA
This directory of recycled-content product manufacturers contains product descriptions, recycled content specifications, distributor listings, and manufacturer contact information.

National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) Exit EPA
The Recycled PET (RPET) Catalog provides a list of suppliers that manufacture products containing postconsumer PET plastic bottles.

National Association of State Purchasing Officials (NASPO) Exit EPA
This site provides monthly updates on buy recycled and green purchasing, and describes the county's experience with different recycled products. The site also includes information on resources for buyers, provides a model environmental purchasing policy, and contains the King County Recycled Procurement 1998 Annual Report.

The Official Recycled Products Guide Exit EPA
This guide is available on the Internet and is updated on a regular basis. In order to access the guide, users will need to order a subscription, which ranges from $69 to $295 depending on the type of subscription. For more information, call the Recycling Data Management Corporation at (800) 267-0707.

Pennsylvania Resource Council (PRC) Exit EPA
This site includes the PRC's 1998 Buyer's Guide to Recycled Products, an online directory of recycled products, and a listing of its links to recycled products directories including national, association, building, construction, green products, state and regional directories.

Recycle Iowa Exit EPA
This site includes the Iowa Recycled Product Directory, which lists recycled product manufacturers and distributors in Iowa. It also provides links to numerous buy-recycled resources.

U.S. EPA's Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
This site includes information on the 54 procurement guidelines, a list of manufacturers, vendors, and suppliers of designated products, fact sheets, buy-recycled news, and related links.

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