Buying Recycled and Environmentally Preferable Products Sarah Ketchem NC Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (919) 715 -6505; sarah. ketchem@ncmail. net
buying • recycled purchasing products that contain materials diverted from the solid waste stream environmentally preferable procurement purchasing goods and services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment in their manufacture, use, and disposal when compared to other goods and services that serve the same purpose
Impact on Natural Resources à Paper consumption increasing à Faster removal of trees than re-growth in 50 NC counties à Mixed hardwood forests being replaced with pine plantations à Only 30 -40% of recyclable office paper recovered in NC à 50% of de-inked pulp is exported
How much paper do we use? Average American office worker uses: 10, 000 sheets of paper/ year or 20 reams/ 2 cases or 100 pounds
What can you do to eliminate some of this waste? Reduce Reuse Recycle Re-Buy
Why Are the Obstacles to Buying Recycled? P rice Q uality A vailability
Economies of Scale Price Quality Time/Demand
Common Myths re: Recycled Content Paper à It isn’t the same quality as virgin à It jams the printer/copier à It costs too much à Resource use is equal to or more than virgin à It isn’t available in large enough quantities
Quality… àContinues to improve as demand technology improves. àMust meet the same specifications as virgin paper. àGuaranteed to work well in copiers and printers. àMany are acid free for archival longevity
Performance… àJams are often caused by incorrectly loaded paper. àCopiers are certified to run recycled paper. àOlder copiers may work better with heavier Certified! papers. àLease vs. Buy
Cost… àPrice is coming down àCo-ops and large quantity buying: www. recycledproducts. org àReduction = cost savings àThe more we buy the cheaper it gets
Environmental Impact… àEvery ton of 30% post consumer recycled paper saves: *3000 gallons of water *2050 kilowatt-hours of energy *30 pounds of air pollution *eight full-grown trees à Full cost accounting tells the real story
Availability… à Available in virtually every grade of paper à No virgin available on State Contract àOrder ahead of time àThink post-consumer àAsk for it!
DPPEA Grants Available NC local governments eligible for funding to promote buying recycled à $40, 000 available; $5 K-$8 K per grant à Buy recycled policy and/or procedures à In-house training and education à Product purchase and evaluation à Outreach and education to private sector
2000 Buy Recycled Grantees Grantee Amount Project Chatham Co. $5, 000 Test plastic lumber, office supplies Gaston Co. $2, 925 Develop policy; outreach to businesses Hendersonville $3, 500 Develop policy; train staff; test products Hope Mills $2, 500 Develop policy; test furniture & rubber Land-of-Sky COG $, 4000 Develop policy; test office products Mecklenburg Co. $4, 000 Upgrade policy; test paper Orange Co. $4, 500 Set up tracking system; host conference Pasquotank Co. $4, 484 Test plastic lumber, re-refined oil, paper
Information Resources àNC DPPEA Web Site: www. p 2 pays. org/Buy. Recycled àNC Division of Purchase and Contract web site: www. doa. state. nc. us/Pand. C/recycled. htm àThe Official Recycled Products Guide: 1 -800 -267 -0707
Web Resources à EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines: www. epa. gov/epaoswer/non-hw/procure/index. htm à Green Seal: www. greenseal. org à Conservatree: www. conservatree. com/ à Official Recycled Products Guide: www. recyclingdata. com/ à Buy Recycled Business Alliance: brba. nrc-recycle. org/ à EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing: www. epa. gov/opptintr/epp/ à EPPNET: www. nerc. org/eppnet. html à Recycled Paper co-op http: //www. recycledproducts. org/ à King County Washington Environmental Purchasing http: //www. metrokc. gov/procure/green/bulindex. htm
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