Green Purchasing

Why Green Purchasing?

The decisions you make as a consumer effect the waste stream. Whether you're a municipal buyer, making purchasing decisions for a City, County or government agency, or you're an individual consumer making decisions for yourself and your family — those decisions count. This page contains information geared toward municipal buyers and those responsible for developing Environmentally Preferable Purchases and Practices Policies (EPPP). Individual consumers can find more information and resources on CPSC's Consumer Action page.

• 10 Steps to Starting a Green Purchasing Program —Green Purchasing Institute, 7/09
• EPR Questionnaire for Purchasing Departments —Green Purchasing Institute, 5/09
• EPR for Purchasing —Product Policy Institute, 1/07
• EPP Resources for Local Government
• EPP slides from Green Purchasing Institute presentation to CIWMB (now CalRecycle) 6/07
• EPP/EPR Recommendations to State of California
• Buying Smart: Experiences of Municipal Green Purchasing Pioneers —Alicia Culver, Green Purchasing Institute, 3/08
  
• Purchasing Best Practices: Contracting for Producer Responsibility —Alicia Culver for Product Policy Institute, 1/07
  
• CalRecycle's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Home Page
  
• Green Purchasing Institute:  Buying Smart Report 5/08
• Buy Green
• Center for New American Dream Procurement Strategies (link not available)
• ICLEI's European Eco-Procurement Initiative
• U.S. EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Web Site