Guiding Principles Go Shopping! Laws: Comprehensive Procurement Guideline, EPA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Environmentally Preferable Products, EPA Section 6002 (RCRA, 42 USC 6962, 1976) Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, Section 9002 () Energy Star®, EPA Energy Policy Act of 1992, Section 303 (EPAct) Non-Ozone Depleting Substances, EPA Executive Orders: the “Greening Government” Through… Energy Efficient Products and Minimal Standby Power Devices, DOE Waste Prevention, Recycling, Federal Acquisition Acquisition & Materiel Management (EO 13101, ) Federal Fleet/Alternative Fuel Vehicles, DOE Environmental Affairs - Energy Efficient Management www.va.gov/oamm/recycle Department of Defense DoD EMall – (EO 13123, June 3, 1999) Leadership in Environmental Management Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) What is “Green” (EO 13148, ) http://www.dscr.dla.mil/products/epa/htms/pocs.htm Purchasing? Federal Fleet and Transportation Efficiency Biobased Products Program, USDA (EO 13149, ) Both Congress and the President directed Federal agencies to be good stewards of the environment “” Energy Efficient Standby Power Devices by conserving energy and other precious natural http://www.biobased.org/association (EO 13221, ) resources. One way that we can be good GSA Environmental Products Guide stewards is to buy products and services that Regulation: conserve resources. This is generally referred to as purchasing. “green” GSA Advantage!® Federal Acquisition Regulation: Part 23, especially, and 7, 11,12, 13, 36, 37, 42, and purchasing encompasses the “Green” 52. following mandatory components: Mandatory Sources of Supply: Recycled content products, also known as Javits-Wagner-O’Day Program (JWOD) VA Policy and Guidance: Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) Items VA Directive and Handbook 0052, Affirmative UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries Energy Star and energy-efficient products; Procurement, Recycling, and Waste/Pollution standby power devices Prevention Program () Alternative fuel vehicles/alternative fuels1 PRO-Net, Small Business Administration Biobased products3 Information Letters 90-01-1, 049-02-11, and Non-ozone depleting substances1 049-02-7
Guiding Principles Laws: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Section 6002 (RCRA, 42 USC 6962, 1976) Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, Section 9002 () Energy Policy Act of 1992, Section 303 (EPAct) Executive Orders: “Greening the Government” Through… Waste Prevention, Recycling, Federal Acquisition (EO 13101, ) Energy Efficient Management (EO 13123, June 3, 1999) Leadership in Environmental Management (EO 13148, ) Federal Fleet and Transportation Efficiency (EO 13149, ) Energy Efficient Standby Power Devices (EO 13221, ) Regulation: Federal Acquisition Regulation: Part 23, especially, and 7, 11,12, 13, 36, 37, 42, and 52. VA Policy and Guidance: VA Directive and Handbook 0052, Affirmative Procurement, Recycling, and Waste/Pollution Prevention Program () Information Letters 90-01-1, 049-02-11, and 049-02-7 Go Shopping! Comprehensive Procurement Guideline, EPA Environmentally Preferable Products, EPA Energy Star®, EPA Non-Ozone Depleting Substances, EPA Energy Efficient Products and Minimal Standby Power Devices, DOE Federal Fleet/Alternative Fuel Vehicles, DOE Department of Defense – DoD EMall Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) http://www.dscr.dla.mil/products/epa/htms/pocs.htm Biobased Products Program, USDA “” http://www.biobased.org/association GSA Environmental Products Guide GSA Advantage!® Mandatory Sources of Supply: Javits-Wagner-O’Day Program (JWOD) UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries PRO-Net, Small Business Administration Acquisition & Materiel Management Environmental Affairs - www.va.gov/oamm/recycle What is “Green” Purchasing? Both Congress and the President directed Federal agencies to be good stewards of the environment by conserving energy and other precious natural resources. One way that we can be good stewards is to buy products and services that conserve resources. This is generally referred to as “green” purchasing. “Green” purchasing encompasses the following mandatory components: Recycled content products, also known as Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) Items Energy Star and energy-efficient products; standby power devices Alternative fuel vehicles/alternative fuels1 Biobased products3 Non-ozone depleting substances1
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