Massachusetts

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Massachusetts Environmental Purchasing Program
Using the Governments Buying Power to Support
Markets for Recycled Materials
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How Much Money Are We Talking About?

• General Services Administration
• 25,000,000,000 in products services
• State and local governments combined
• 857,400,000,000 in products services
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• 467,000,000 in products alone

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What Exactly Do We Do?

• Research new EPPs and their benefits
• Work to make EPPs available through the state
  contract system
• Provide technical assistance and education on
  green purchasing issues

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What Are The Products?

• Paper
• Archival/storage boxes
• Copy paper and envelopes
• Office supplies
• Printing
• Janitorial paper products
• Plastics
• Compost bins
• Recycling containers and carts
• Plastic lumber products
• Traffic cones
• Trash bags

• Other
• Carpeting, flooring and tile
• Compost and mulch
• Remanufactured office furnishings
• Remanufactured toner cartridges
• Recycled antifreeze
• Re-refined motor oil
• Retread tires

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The States Recycled Purchasing
Massachusetts Recycled Product Purchases FY
1992-2001
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Program Benefits

• Cost savings
• Environmental benefits
• Economic benefits to Massachusetts manufacturers

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Working with Other Programs

• DEP Recycling Markets Program
• State Sustainability Program
• MRIP
• DEP Equipment Grants

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Action Items

• Use your organizations buying power to support
  recycling markets
• Consider purchasing other environmentally
  preferable products

• Visit the 8th Annual Buy Recycled and EPPs vendor
  Fair and Conference - October 29, 2002, Worcester
  Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA
• Visit our webpage
• www.mass.gov/osd/enviro
• Talk to us or invite us to talk to you!