# Presentation: 048638

## Green Procurement Overview and Green Contracts Exercise

- Beth Martin
- US Army Center for Health Promotion
-                           and Preventive Medicine
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
- _[Beth.a.martin@us.army.mil](mailto:Beth.a.martin@us.army.mil)_
- 410-436-5202

*USACHPPM  - Readiness thru Health*

## What do we mean by “Green Procurement”?

- Showing preference for purchasing products that are:
- Made with Recycled Content
- Biobased
- Environmentally Preferable
- Energy Efficient or Water Efficient
- Renewable Energy Sources
- Alternative Fuels or Vehicles
- Lacking in Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODS)
- Lacking in Priority Chemicals
- EPEAT-Registered Electronics

## DOD Green Procurement Policy and Strategy

- Formally Establishes DOD Green Procurement Program (GPP)
- Requires that green products and services be considered as first choice for all procurements
- Assigns responsibility to virtually every DOD employee; notes need for GPP awareness training
- Requires implementation at organizational level where initial purchasing requirements are defined
- Requires documentation of objectives, targets, and actions in an installation-level plan
- Uses the EMS framework for implementation

**August 27, 2004**

## Product Designations

- EPA’s “Buy Recycled” Program
- Products designated since 1995
- Currently 61 designated products
- USDA’s “BioPreferred” Program
- Six items designated March 06
- 20 more proposed August 06

## The Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPGs) and Recovered Materials Advisory Notices (RMANs)

- CPGs list the products that must contain recovered material
- RMANs provide minimum recovered material standards in the form of recycled-content ranges

- CPG:
-  What
- Products
- To Buy

- RMAN:
- Recycled
- Content
- Levels

## EPA-Designated Products Under the Buy Recycled Program

- Construction
- Landscaping
- Non-paper Office Products
- Paper and Paper Products
- Parks and Recreation
- Transportation
- Vehicular
- Miscellaneous

***Product Categories:***

**Notes:**
These are the 8 categories of designated products under the Buy Recycled Program.  You can see there is a wide range of products designated – this means there are many purchasers and contract specialists on an installation who must implement these requirements.

## CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS

- _DESIGNATED ITEMS_:
- Building insulation
- Carpet
- Cement and concrete
- Consolidated and reprocessed latex paint
- Floor tiles
- Laminated paperboard
- Patio blocks
- Shower and restroom dividers

- Structural fiberboard
- Carpet cushion
- Flowable fill
- Railroad grade crossings/surfaces
- Modular Threshold Ramps
- Nonpressure Pipe
- Roofing Materials

**Notes:**
Under the construction products category, these are the designated products.  When renovating or constructing anything on post, these products should be purchased with recycled material. This applies to both in-house and contracted construction projects.

## LANDSCAPING PRODUCTS

- _DESIGNATED ITEMS_:
- Garden and soaker hoses
- Hydraulic mulch
- Lawn and garden edging
- Yard trimmings compost

- Food waste compost
- Landscaping timbers and posts (plastic lumber)

**Notes:**
These are the landscaping CPGs – of particular importance to DPW Roads and Grounds and golf course maintenance personnel.

## NON-PAPER OFFICE PRODUCTS

- _DESIGNATED ITEMS_:
- Binders (paper, plastic covered)
- Office recycling containers
- Office waste receptacles
- Plastic desktop accessories
- Plastic envelopes
- Plastic trash bags
- Printer ribbons
- Toner cartridges
- Office furniture

- Solid plastic binders
- Plastic clipboards
- Plastic clip portfolios
- Plastic file folders
- Plastic presentation folders

**Notes:**
Many of our office products are purchased with credit cards.  When purchasing these designated items, you should make sure they all contain recovered materials.

## PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS

- _DESIGNATED ITEMS_:
- Commercial/industrial sanitary tissue products
- Miscellaneous papers
- Newsprint
- Paperboard and packaging products
- Printing and writing papers

**Notes:**
Under the paper category, these are the EPA-designated items.  Note that the category includes the papers typically used in janitorial contracts – restroom tissue and paper towels.  

## PARK AND RECREATION PRODUCTS

- _DESIGNATED ITEMS:_
- Plastic fencing
- Playground surfaces
- Running tracks

- Park and recreational furniture
- Playground equipment

**Notes:**
Many of these recreational products can be made with recycled material.  For example, the rubber from used tires is often used to make running track or playground surfaces.  

## TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS

- _DESIGNATED ITEMS_:
- Channelizers
- Delineators
- Flexible delineators
- Parking stops
- Traffic barricades
- Traffic cones

**Notes:**
You may not know what channelizers are, but if you use these transportation products, they should be purchased with recycled material content.

(Channelizers are used to direct traffic around obstacles or work areas.  They are usually orange and white and look like large plastic drums on the highway).

## VEHICULAR PRODUCTS

- _DESIGNATED ITEMS_:
- Engine coolants
- Re-refined lubricating oils
- Retread tires
- Rebuilt vehicle parts

**Notes:**
The vehicular products are commonly used in our motor pools and other maintenance areas.  They are important because these items are at the top of the EPA inspector’s checklist.  The EPA has identified motor pools as the first target in their multimedia inspections.  

## MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS

**MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS**

- _DESIGNATED ITEMS_:
- Pallets
- Sorbents
- Awards and plaques
- Industrial drums
- Mats
- Signage, including supports
- Strapping and stretch wrap
- Bike racks
- Blasting grit

**Notes:**
Under the miscellaneous category, these items have been designated.

## 16 March 06, 7 CFR Part 2902, Designation of Biobased Items for Federal Procurement, Final Rule
The six designated items are: 
mobile equipment hydraulic fluids
urethane roof coatings
water tank coatings
diesel fuel additives 
penetrating lubricants
bedding, linens, and towels

- The six designated items are:
- mobile equipment hydraulic fluids
- urethane roof coatings
- water tank coatings
- diesel fuel additives
- penetrating lubricants
- bedding, linens, and towels

**Designated Biobased Items**

**Notes:**
In March 2006, the USDA designated the first six biobased items for federal agency affirmative procurement programs.  The six items are listed here.  Two items, water tank coatings and bedding/linens/towels, have the effective date for implementation deferred.  That’s because those items are currently only available from a single source, and USDA is waiting for more manufacturers to make these biobased products before making their purchase mandatory.

## Exercise

- You’ve been assigned to review or assist in developing a contract.  Your job is to incorporate products or design features that will “green” the contract.
- List products or services in the first column.  Check other columns or explain briefly what attributes you will specify for that product or service.

## Example:  Construct Running Trail 

| Product/
Service | Recycled Content | Environmentally Preferable | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |

## Example:  Construct Running Trail 

| Product/
Service | Recycled Content | Environmentally Preferable | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Running Surface |  |  |  |

## Example:  Construct Running Trail 

| Product/
Service | Recycled Content | Environmentally Preferable | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Running Surface | Recycled Rubber | Natural soil or wood chips | Avoid disturbance of wetlands and habitat |

## USACHPPM GPP Services

- Training – EQCC Briefings, full and half day seminars, tailored classes for various audiences
- Developing GPP Plans
- GPP Audits

**GP Plan**

- Green Procurement Training