Environmentally Preferable Products Policy from King County, WA

Type: [Sample] Policy

Source File: http://www.metrokc.gov/procure/green/mdpolicy.htm

Sample Text:

This guide provides a model procurement policy for cities and other organizations wishing to ensure that local policy supports markets for recycled and other environmentally preferable products.

The model directs agencies to purchase recycled and other environmentally preferable products whenever practicable.

A POLICY establishing procedures and programs to encourage and increase the procurement of recycled and other environmentally preferable products by (City) agencies and contractors.

Jurisdictions may elect to implement this procurement policy in a number of ways, depending on local administrative practices. This model calls upon purchasers in all agencies to use recycled and other environmentally preferable products whenever possible, while recognizing that their principal requirements must be product performance and fiscal responsibility.

Purpose

This policy shall be known as the "(City) Environmentally Preferable Procurement Policy." Its purpose is to support markets for recycled and other environmentally preferable products by encouraging (City) agencies and contractors to buy such products whenever practicable.

Options: This policy might be entitled the "Recycled Product Procurement Policy," "Environmentally Responsible Purchasing Policy," or others, depending on its scope and intent. The language used in this model refers to "Environmentally Preferable Products."