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EPA PROPOSES PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR 11 NEW PRODUCTS
Release Date: 08/31/2001
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2001
EPA PROPOSES PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR 11 NEW PRODUCTS
Chris Paulitz 202-564-9556 / paulitz.chris@epa.gov
Chris Paulitz 202-564-9556 / paulitz.chris@epa.gov
EPA Administrator Christie Whitman this week proposed to designate 11 recycled-content products that government agencies are required to purchase. By purchasing these recycled products, government agencies provide a strong incentive to manufacturers to expand their use of recovered materials. The action, known as the Comprehensive Procurement Guideline, covers five product categories, including: vehicular, construction, transportation, non-paper office products, and miscellaneous products. Specifically, EPA is proposing to designate rebuilt motor parts, roofing materials, piping, cement and concrete containing both silica fume and cenospheres, nylon carpet, modular threshold ramps, tires, office furniture, bicycle racks, and blasting grit. These items contain materials commonly recovered in municipal recycling programs such as glass, metals, plastics, and wood. In a related action, EPA is making available a Recovered Materials Advisory Notice containing the Agency's recommendations for purchasing the designated items. For most of the designated items, the recovered materials notice includes recommended recovered materials content levels. Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and E.O. 13101, federal agencies are required to purchase EPA-designated items containing recovered materials whenever those products meet their performance specifications and are available at a reasonable cost. RCRA also applies the buy-recycled requirement to state and local government agencies that use appropriated federal funds to purchase a designated product and purchase $10,000 or more worth of any designated item. For further information and copies of the procurement guideline or recovered materials advisory notice, call the RCRA/Superfund Hotline at 800-424-9346 or visit www.epa.gov/cpg.
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