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Laws
Energy Policy Act of 1992, Section 303 (EPAct)
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, Section 9002 (May 13, 2002)
National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8262g).
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA 42 U.S.C. 13101 and 13102, s/s et seq. (1990). . http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/p2home/p2policy/act1990.htm
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, Section 6002 (RCRA, 42 U.S.C. s/s 321et seq. (1976) http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch82.html
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Federal Acquisition Regulationshttp://www.arnet.gov/far See Part 23, Subparts 2, 4,7, 8, 9, and 10:
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Executive Orders
Waste Prevention, Recycling, Federal Acquisition (EO 13101, September 14, 2000) http://www.ofee.gov/eo/13101.htm
Energy Efficient Management (EO 13123, June 3, 1999) http://www.ofee.gov/eo/13101.htm
Developing and Promoting Biobased Products and Bioenergy (EO 13134, August 12, 1999) http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/eos/eo13134.html
Leadership in Environmental Management (EO 13148, April 21, 2000) http://www.epa.gov/fedsite/eo13148.htm
Federal Fleet and Transportation Efficiency (EO 13149, April 21, 2000) http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/eos/eo13149.html
Energy Efficient Standby Power Devices (EO 13221, July 31, 2001) http://www.ofee.gov/eo/eo13221.pdf
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NIH Policies and Guidance
NIH Manual Issuance No. 3032 Waste Management. http://www1.od.nih.gov/oma/manualchapters/intramural/3032/3032.pdf
NIH Pollution Prevention Plan (P2 Plan). Hardcopy only. Contact DEP for a copy.
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Additional Resources
Alternative and Less Hazardous Products for Medical Applications. Sustainable Hospitals Project. http://www.sustainablehospitals.org/HTMLSrc/IP_factsheet_contents.html#epp
Biobased Products Program, USDA http://www.biobased.oce.usda.gov
Biobased SuperCenter http://www.biobased.org/association
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (Recycled Content Products), EPA http://www.epa.gov/cpg
Department of Defense – DoD EMall https://emall.prod.dodonline.net/scripts/emLogon.asp
Database of Environmental Information for Products and Services, EPA http://yosemite1.epa.gov/oppt/eppstand2.nsf
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) http://www.dscr.dla.mil/products/epa/htms/pocs.htm
Environmentally Preferable Products, EPA http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp
Energy Star®, EPA http://www.energystar.gov/products
Energy Efficient Products and Minimal Standby Power Devices, DOE http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/technologies/eeproducts.cfm
Federal Agency Compliance Guidance http://www.ofee.gov/eo/rcra2.htm
Federal Fleet/Alternative Fuel Vehicles, OFEE http://www.ofee.gov/wpr/altfuel.htm
GSA Advantage!® http://www.gsaadvantage.gov
GSA Environmental Products Overview Click here to go to that page.
GSA Environmental Products Guide
Green Seal Organization http://www.greenseal.org/
Health Care Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Network Information Exchange Bulletin. Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance. http://www.mass.gov/ota/otapubs.htm#eppnet
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment. Environmentally Preferable Procurement. http://www.h2e-online.org/tools/grnpurch/epp.htm
NIH Mercury Elimination Campaign – Lists of alternatives to mercury containing products http://orf.od.nih.gov/nomercury/alternatives.htm
Non-Ozone Depleting Substances, EPA http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/lists/index.html
Office of the Federal Environmental Executive. . http://www.ofee.gov/gp/gp.htm
Office Supplies, Environmentally Preferred, Online Procurement, EPA http://www.epa.gov/epp/pubs/buying_green_online.pdf
Purchasing for Pollution Prevention Project. INFORM. http://www.informinc.org/p3_00.php
Supplier Database for Recycled Content (CPG Designated) Products, EPA http://www.epa.gov/cpg/database.htm
Training on Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, OFEE http://www.ofee.gov/gp/training.html
Water Efficiency Program, EPA http://www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/index.htm
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References
Egan PD, Kaiser B. Can Environmental Purchasing Reduce Mercury in U.S. Health Care? Environmental Health Perspectives. 110(9):847-851. http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2002/110p847-851eagan/eagan-full.html
Messelbeck J, Sutherland L. (2000). Applying Environmental Design to Biomedical Products Research. Environmental Health Perspectives. 108(S6): http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2001/109p205-207kaiser/kaiser-full.html
Messelbeck J, Sutherland L. (2000). Applying Environmental Design to Biomedical Products Research. Environmental Health Perspectives. 108(S6): http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2000/suppl-6/997-1002messelbeck/messelbeck-full.html
Spegel R, Meadows D. (1999). Green Building Materials. A Guide to Product Selection and Specification. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
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