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Environmental/Recycling Links
Buy Recycled

Resources for:

buy recycled

recycling

waste reduction

sustainability

 Cities

City of Santa Monica Sustainable City Program    information for residents and businesses; city policies

2good2toss.com On-line reusable building materials exchange
Cities & Counties in Washington State
City of Seattle
City of Seattle Environment list of city programs
Office of Sustainability City of Seattle
"Use It Again, Seattle"   This directory lists businesses that repair, rent, or sell used goods in Seattle.   

 Counties

Alameda County Waste Management Authority (California) waste reduction and recycling information

King County

Construction Recycling King County Solid Waste

Envirostars Program recognizes businesses that properly manage and reduce hazardous waste in King County

Industrial Materials Exchange (IMEX) free, on-line exchange for businesses and individuals in the Washington area

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in King County policy and guidelines to eliminate use of the most hazardous pesticides by June 2000 and to reduce overall pesticide use on public lands managed by the City of Seattle and King County.

King County Solid Waste Division responsible for solid waste disposal, waste reduction and recycling programs

Link-Up Program, King County Solid Waste Division - resources for businesses to incorporate more recycled materials into their products

Local Hazardous Waste Program, King County, effort to reduce and properly manage hazardous waste through education, collection and technical assistance

 States

Buy Recycled Department of Environmental Protection, State of New Jersey

California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) responsible for managing California's solid waste stream; waste reduction, recycling and buy recycled information

Construction and Demolition Recycling Program, CIWMB links to many resources

State of Washington

1-800-RECYCLE recycling assistance for Washington State residents (Department of Ecology)

 Federal Government

Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG)  Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Products Guide Federal Department of General Service Administration (GSA)

Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition (1998) Presidents Executive Order (EO) #13101

Greening the Government Guide to implementing Executive Order 13101

Office of the Federal Environmental Executive assists federal agencies to reduce waste, recycle and buy recycled

WasteWi$e Program Environmental Protection Agency- companies can join this program to receive assistance on reducing waste, recycling and buying recycled

 Other

Center for a New American Dream Institutional Purchasing Program - policies, programs and resources

Janitorial Products: Pollution Prevention Project (San Francisco Bay area)

National Waste Prevention Coalition waste prevention news

North American Waste Exchanges list of all waste exchanges with links

Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center pollution prevention information

Resource Venture Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Green Purchasing

King County's policy definition:

"Environmentally preferable products" means products that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products that serve the same purpose. This comparison may consider raw materials acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse, operation, maintenance, or disposal of the product.

 

Policies

King County, Washington Environmentally Preferable Procurement

City and County of San Francisco Environmental Preferable Purchasing Ordinance

City of Santa Monica, California EPP

City of Seattle Environmentally Responsible Purchasing

State of North Carolina, Environmentally Preferable Procurement (PDF file)

State of Pennsylvania, Governor's Green Government Council

Policies, Center for a New American Dream

  Programs

Responsible Purchasing Network - national, non-profit organization

Alameda County Waste Management Authority

Center for a New American Dream Institutional Purchasing Program - policies, programs and resources

City of Santa Monica - Sustainable City Program

City of Seattle Sustainable Purchasing

EPA - Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

Janitorial Products: Pollution Prevention Project -San Francisco Bay area

State of California - Green

State of Massachusetts:  Operational Services Division

State of Minnesota:  Office of Environmental Assistance

State of Pennsylvania  - Governor's Green Government Council

Specifications

2006 Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction State of Washington - large PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file -- 1000 pages

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Updated:  March, 2006

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