Sustainability and Environmentally Responsible Purchasing

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• Sustainability and Environmentally Responsible
  Purchasing
• Presented by
• Karl Bruskotter, City of Santa Monica
• For Going Green Seminar
• August 23rd, 2007

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City of Santa Monica

• Population 90,000
• City employees 1,890
• 600 million tourism economy
• City provided services include Police,
  Fire, Water and Wastewater, Utility, Solid Waste
  Collection, Municipal Bus System

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Santa Monica Sustainable City Plan

• Purpose
• The Sustainable City Plan was created to enhance
  our resources, prevent harm to the natural
  environment and human health, and benefit the
  social and economic well-being of the community
  for the sake of current and future generations

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Sustainable City Pan Goal AreasGoal represent
commitments for both municipal operations and the
community as a whole
www.smepd.org/scpr
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Resource ConservationGoals Decrease consumption
of non-local, non-renewable, non-recyclable
energy, water, materials and fuels and promote
renewable resource use

• Sustainable Procurement
• Indicator Increase the number of categories of
  city purchased products that meet established
  purchasing criteria and standards.
• Target By 2010, 20 purchased product categories
  converted from conventional to environmentally
  preferable.

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Environmental and Public HealthGoals
Minimize/eliminate the use of hazardous and toxic
materials and the levels of pollutants entering
the air, soil and water

• City Purchase of Hazardous Materials
• Indicator Reduce the volume and/or toxicity of
  hazardous materials purchased by city operations.
• Target By 2010, decrease the volume and/or
  toxicity of 20 hazardous materials purchased by
  the city.

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Targeted Product Categories
Carpet Computers Copy and Printing
Paper Janitorial Paper Supplies Office
Supplies Food Packaging Furniture Lumber or wood
products Printers and Copiers Toner
cartridges Vehicles
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Targeted Hazardous Materials
Diesel Fluorescent lamps Cleaning
products Graffiti removers and anti-graffiti
coatings Pesticides Treated wood Floor care
products Paints Brake cleaners Penetrating
lubricants
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Green janitorial products

• Janitorial paper supplies
• Cleaning products
• Floor care products
• Carpet care

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Green Vehicles and Fuels

• Vehicles that are less polluting, such as those
  running on alternative fuels

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Green vehicle maintenance

• Propylene glycol coolant
• Re-refined motor oil
• Aqueous-based parts washers
• Brake cleaners
• Retread tires

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Green Purchasing
Green exterior maintenance

• Pest control services
• Sidewalk cleaning products
• Odor control products
• Graffiti removers and anti-graffiti coatings

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Green offices

• Computers and equipment
• Office equipment
• Toner cartridges
• Office Supplies
• Copy and printing paper
• Furniture

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Green building maintenance

• Lighting and lamps
• Paint
• Carpet
• Lumber and wood products

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Communication and Outreach

• Website at www.smepd.org
• Internal and external newsletters
• City TV Be Green spots
• Local media
• Training

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California Product Stewardship Council
(CPSC) www.caproductstewardship.org
MISSION To shift Californias product waste
management system from one focused on government
funded and ratepayer financed waste diversion to
one that relies on producer responsibility in
order to reduce public costs and drive
improvements in product design.
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Elements for a Successful Green Purchasing

• Support from the top
• EPP teams stakeholder groups
• Progress, not perfection
• Inspect what you expect
• Network
• Humans

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Obstacles to Successful Green Purchasing

• Humans
• Issue of low bid
• Neophobia
• Product performance
• Burden of criteria development and product
  evaluation

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• If you think youre too small to make a
  difference, then youve never spent the night in
  a tent with a mosquito.
• - Canadian First
  Nations Elder