Environmental Requirements
Purchasing environmentally preferable products is an easy and effective way to protect the environment. Your demand for environmentally preferable products influences industrial practices to conserve the energy and natural resources that they use. Environmentally preferable products are not hard to find. In fact, there are many environmentally preferable products available to state and local governments through Statewide Contracts. In some cases, there are laws or executive orders that require state agencies to purchase these products. In other cases, they are simply the best choice when cost, quality, and environmental considerations are taken into account. When the opportunity arises, we hope your agency will choose environmentally preferable products.
Listed below are some opportunities for your agency to buy recycled products and utilize recycling services.
Compost and Mulch
Recycled Products Fact Sheet: Covers the benefits of using compost and mulch.
Energy Efficient Products
Energy efficient products that your agency can find on statewide contract.
Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Incorporate life cycle costing into your bidding practices when considering the purchase of systems that consume energy.
Official Code of Georgia Requirements for Specific Recycled Products
There are three product categories which state agencies, departments and authorities are specifically required by State law to buy with recycled content.
Printing and Writing Paper
Recycled Products Fact Sheet: Covers key terms, things to consider when making your purchase, and Recovered Materials Advisory Notices (RMAN) Levels.
Products that Prevent Pollution
State agencies can help to reduce air pollution by utilizing certain products on statewide contract.
Recycled Products & Recycling Services
Recycling has proven to save energy and natural resources. Yet, the cycle in recycling is not complete unless we buy recycled products. Recycled products are those that contain materials which have been recovered from the waste stream.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) - a key component of the government's "buy-recycled" program. You'll find information about about the CPG and EPA's Recovered Materials Advisory Notices (RMANs), which recommend recycled-content levels for CPG items.