Green Purchasing

Western pursues a green purchasing policy that complies with Executive order 13101, “Greening the Government through Recycling and Federal Acquisition." By giving preference to environmentally-sustainable products and services, the Federal government seeks to build a market for such materials.

To learn more about Western and DOE's environmental purchasing policies visit the DOE's Acquisition and the Environment Web site.

Green purchasing advances Western’s own pollution prevention goals through:

• Waste minimization/product substitution/life cycle analysis
• Recovered material content products
• Bio-based products
• Sustainable design

For more information about green purchasing, contact one of Western’s procurement officers or our green acquisitions advocate at 720-962-7163.