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Green PurchasingGreen Purchasing
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Green PurchasingGreen PurchasingOverviewOverview
• Introduction • Actions• Why Green Purchasing?
•Opportunities to Buy Green•Directives/Categories•Summary
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INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONOur DOE Contract Mandates Compliance Our DOE Contract Mandates Compliance
with Executive Order (EO) 13101with Executive Order (EO) 13101 Greening the Government through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition
3 Main Elements: Waste Reduction/Prevention Recycling Affirmative Procurement Program (APP)
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Green PurchasingGreen PurchasingMajor ResponsibilitiesMajor Responsibilities
• DOE
Comply with federal directives
Provide guidance to prime contractors•JLab
Promote environmentally friendly purchasing & disposal
•Procurement
JLab’s Affirmative Procurement Advocate
Provide lab-wide information/education/assistance
•Employees
Support Green Purchasing guidance and environmentally friendly disposal programs
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What We Must Do !What We Must Do !
Purchase items with the highest recovered materials content level practicable
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Green PurchasingGreen Purchasing
• Why Green?
• Cost Comparisons
• Examples
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Why Green Purchasing?Why Green Purchasing?
• Preserves natural resources
• Increasingly easier
• Potential cost savings
• National policy
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Cost Comparison ofCost Comparison ofGreen PurchasingGreen Purchasing
• Item #1 Toner Cartridge (Canon Machines) $67.74
Recycled Toner Cartridge $30.67 Savings 55%
• Item #2 Binders (3” White slant/w clear cover) $11.59
Recycled Binders $6.28
Savings 54%
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Examples of Buying GreenExamples of Buying Green
• Numerous Office/Administrative SuppliesRecycled paperRemanufactured toner cartridges
• Call for use of green products in service contracts
• Include specifications in construction contracts
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Green PurchasingGreen PurchasingMethodsMethods
• Purchase card opportunities
• Electronic commerce
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Opportunity to Buy GreenOpportunity to Buy Green Include green purchasing considerations in Purchase
Card, PCard, actionsJLab PCard use: > $6 million in FY ‘05About 130 JLab card holdersAbout 1,000 purchases per month
Expanded opportunities to purchase green products using electronic commerce
Several vendors offer on-line “Green” catalogs
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8 Product Categories8 Product Categories
To date, the EPA has designated recycled content items in 8 product categories:
• Landscaping
• Non-paper office products
• Miscellaneous
• Parks & Recreation
• Vehicular• Construction• Transportation• Paper and paper products
Proposed Items for future reporting: Bio-based products: "commercial or industrial products (other than food or feed) that are composed in whole or in significant part of biological products or renewable domestic agricultural materials (including plant, animal, and marine materials) or forestry materials. “see http://www.ofee.gov/gp/bioprod.html
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Paper and Paper ProductsPaper and Paper Products
Designated Items:
• Printing and writing papers
• Miscellaneous papers
• Paperboard and packaging products
• Newsprint
• Commercial/industrial sanitary tissue products
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Non-Paper Office Non-Paper Office ProductsProducts
Designated Items:• Binders (paper, plastic
covered)• Office recycling containers• Office waste receptacles• Plastic desktop accessories• Plastic envelopes• Plastic trash bags• Furniture – new ‘05
• Printer ribbons• Toner cartridges• Plastic binders (solid)• Plastic clipboards• Plastic clip portfolios• Plastic file folders• Plastic view graphs &
presentation folders
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Construction ProductsConstruction Products
• Building insulation
• Carpet
• Cement & concrete containing:
• Latex paint
• Floor tiles
• Carpet cushion
• Flowable fill
• Laminated paperboard
• Railroad grade crossings/surfaces
• Patio blocks
• Shower and restroom dividers/partitions
• Structural fiberboard• Roofing material – New
FY’05• Modular Threshold
Ramps – New FY’05• Non Pressure Pipe - –
New FY’05
Designated Items:
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Landscaping Landscaping
Designated Items:• Garden and soaker hoses
• Hydraulic mulch
• Lawn and garden edging
• Yard trimmings compost
• Food waste compost
• Landscaping timbers and posts (plastic lumber)
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Vehicular ProductsVehicular Products
Designated Items:
• Engine coolants
• Re-refined lubricating oils
• Retread tires
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Transportation ProductsTransportation Products
Designated Items:• Channelizers
• Delineators
• Flexible delineators
• Parking stops
• Traffic barricades
• Traffic cones
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Miscellaneous Products Miscellaneous Products
Designated Items:• Pallets• Sorbents• Awards and plaques• Strapping and
stretch wrap
• Mats
• Signage
• Industrial drums• Bike Racks – new FY’05
• Blasting Grit - new FY’05
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SummarySummary
Purchasing green products makes good business sense, is often more cost-effectively, and is good for the environment
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Jefferson Lab Green TeamJefferson Lab Green TeamFor more information…• Green Purchasing: Dennis Dobbins #5139
[email protected] • Recyclables:
Paper Products & Aluminum Cans: Mike Lewellen #7169 Scrap Metal: Joan Campbell #7348 Batteries & Used Oil: Patty Hunt # 7039
• Pollution Prevention Information or Suggestions: Linda Even #[email protected]
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Green PurchasingGreen PurchasingFinish LineFinish Line