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EPA ISSUES GUIDANCE ON GOVERNMENT PURCHASING OF GREEN PRODUCTS

Release Date: 08/19/99
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        United States Communications, Education,
        Environmental Protection And Media Relations
        Agency (1703)


        Press Advisory

        Following are some Agency developments which may interest you. If you need more information on any of these subjects, call the appropriate contact.
FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1999


EPA ISSUES GUIDANCE ON GOVERNMENT
PURCHASING OF GREEN PRODUCTS


On Sept. 14, 1998, President Clinton signed Executive Order (EO) 13101, entitled “Greening the Government through Waste Prevention, Recycling and Federal Acquisition.” As an outcome of the Executive Order, EPA developed “Acquisition of Environmentally Preferable Products and Services” guidance that assists Executive agencies in identifying and purchasing products and services that are less harmful to human health and the environment. By complying with this Executive Order agencies will fulfill many of the Administration’s priorities. These priorities include: 1) creating a greater demand for “greener” products and services and making them more widely available to all consumers; 2) purchasing greener products that minimize the amount of waste and toxicity; and 3) encouraging partnerships among federal agencies to share expertise in their environmentally preferable purchasing efforts. The guidance will be published in the Federal Register on or about Aug. 20. Once published, the federal register notice will be available at https://www.epa.gov/homepage/fedrgstr/. More information on the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program and the Executive Order is available at https://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp.


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