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Federal EPP Efforts
The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program works with numerous other programs within EPA and at other federal agencies.
- Collaboration on Products
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing at EPA
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing at Other Federal Agencies
Collaboration on Products
Biobased Products
The Department of Agriculture qualifies biobased products through their BioPreferred program. Federal acquisition of biobased products is required by Executive Order 13423 and the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, Section 9002.
Energy-efficient Products
EPA works with the Department of Energy to qualify energy-efficient products and building practices through the ENERGY STAR® program.
The Department of Energy also designates purchasing specifications for energy-efficient products through the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) .
Federal acquisition of energy-efficient products is required by Executive Order 13423 and acquisition of ENERGY STAR-qualified and FEMP-designated products is required by Energy Policy Act of 2005, Section 104.
Recycled-content Products
EPA's Comprehensive Procurement Guideline program provides procurement guidelines for recycled-content products. Federal acquisition of recycled content products is required by Executive Order 13423 and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Section 6002.
Water-efficient Products
EPA's WaterSense program qualifies water-efficient products and services. Federal acquisition of water-efficient products is required by Executive Order 13423.
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing at EPA
EPA is committed to reducing its environmental footprint by:
- Increasing and promoting recycling, reducing materials entering the Agency's waste stream;
- Promoting and achieving increased and preferential use of materials with recycled content; and
- Emphasizing and increasing the purchase and use of environmentally preferable products.
More information about environmentally preferable purchasing at EPA is available on the Greening EPA Web site.
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing at Other Federal Agencies
In 2000, EPA completed a study, Qualitative Measurement of Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Among Federal Employees in 2000 (PDF) (61 pp, 328 KB, About PDF), that measured the awareness of environmentally preferable purchasing among Federal employees and the extent to which they practice environmentally preferable purchasing.
The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program has also published and compiled environmentally preferable purchasing case studies summarizing efforts to incorporate environmental considerations into purchasing decisions at various federal agencies and other organizations.
Please see our Related Links - Federal Government Web Sites for links to federal environmentally preferable product catalogs, federal agency green purchasing programs, and other relevant federal Web sites.