This funding org. Its purpose is to strengthen federal efforts to protect the environment and to promote economic growth through the purchase of recycled and other environmentally preferable products. Executive Order 13101 requires that each federal agency establish long-term goals for buying recycled and environmentally preferable products. As a cardholder you may not realize what a big role you play in fulfilling this executive order. As a buyer, you control the types of products that you purchase and the content of those products by the purchase decisions that you make.
Many cardholders purchase significant amounts of office supply products annually.
Many of you use GSA contract office supply vendors such as Boise Cascade, Corporate Express, GSA Advantage, and Staples. All of the vendors on the GSA schedule for office supplies have signed up to providing recycled products as a part of their GSA contract terms and conditions. Even if you don't request a recycled product, the GSA vendor will look for a recycled product which will meet your needs. However, if you are not purchasing from a GSA source, YOU, as the cardholder, are responsible for researching your purchases to determine if the items are available as recycled products or that they contain recycled materials. Also, if a recycled item is available for purchase but you need to substitute a non-recycled item, the Executive Order requires that you complete a waiver request and send it to Michael Blotzer, the GRC Environmental Program Manager, for approval.