JSA/Jefferson Lab Green Purchasing

JSA/Jefferson Lab JSA/Jefferson Lab

Green PurchasingGreen Purchasing

JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

Green PurchasingGreen PurchasingOverviewOverview

• Introduction • Actions• Why Green Purchasing?

•Opportunities to Buy Green•Directives/Categories•Summary


INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONOur DOE Contract Mandates Compliance Our DOE Contract Mandates Compliance

with Executive Order (EO) 13101with Executive Order (EO) 13101 Greening the Government through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition

3 Main Elements: Waste Reduction/Prevention Recycling Affirmative Procurement Program (APP)


Green PurchasingGreen PurchasingMajor ResponsibilitiesMajor Responsibilities

• DOE

Comply with federal directives

Provide guidance to prime contractors•JLab

Promote environmentally friendly purchasing & disposal

•Procurement

JLab’s Affirmative Procurement Advocate

Provide lab-wide information/education/assistance

•Employees

Support Green Purchasing guidance and environmentally friendly disposal programs


What We Must Do !What We Must Do !

Purchase items with the highest recovered materials content level practicable


Green PurchasingGreen Purchasing

• Why Green?

• Cost Comparisons

• Examples


Why Green Purchasing?Why Green Purchasing?

• Preserves natural resources

• Increasingly easier

• Potential cost savings

• National policy


Cost Comparison ofCost Comparison ofGreen PurchasingGreen Purchasing

• Item #1 Toner Cartridge (Canon Machines) $67.74

Recycled Toner Cartridge $30.67 Savings 55%

• Item #2 Binders (3” White slant/w clear cover) $11.59

Recycled Binders $6.28

Savings 54%


Examples of Buying GreenExamples of Buying Green

• Numerous Office/Administrative SuppliesRecycled paperRemanufactured toner cartridges

• Call for use of green products in service contracts

• Include specifications in construction contracts


Green PurchasingGreen PurchasingMethodsMethods

• Purchase card opportunities

• Electronic commerce


Opportunity to Buy GreenOpportunity to Buy Green Include green purchasing considerations in Purchase

Card, PCard, actionsJLab PCard use: > $6 million in FY ‘05About 130 JLab card holdersAbout 1,000 purchases per month

Expanded opportunities to purchase green products using electronic commerce

Several vendors offer on-line “Green” catalogs


8 Product Categories8 Product Categories

To date, the EPA has designated recycled content items in 8 product categories:

• Landscaping

• Non-paper office products

• Miscellaneous

• Parks & Recreation

• Vehicular• Construction• Transportation• Paper and paper products

Proposed Items for future reporting: Bio-based products: "commercial or industrial products (other than food or feed) that are composed in whole or in significant part of biological products or renewable domestic agricultural materials (including plant, animal, and marine materials) or forestry materials. “see http://www.ofee.gov/gp/bioprod.html


Paper and Paper ProductsPaper and Paper Products

Designated Items:

• Printing and writing papers

• Miscellaneous papers

• Paperboard and packaging products

• Newsprint

• Commercial/industrial sanitary tissue products


Non-Paper Office Non-Paper Office ProductsProducts

Designated Items:• Binders (paper, plastic

covered)• Office recycling containers• Office waste receptacles• Plastic desktop accessories• Plastic envelopes• Plastic trash bags• Furniture – new ‘05

• Printer ribbons• Toner cartridges• Plastic binders (solid)• Plastic clipboards• Plastic clip portfolios• Plastic file folders• Plastic view graphs &

presentation folders


Construction ProductsConstruction Products

• Building insulation

• Carpet

• Cement & concrete containing:

• Latex paint

• Floor tiles

• Carpet cushion

• Flowable fill

• Laminated paperboard

• Railroad grade crossings/surfaces

• Patio blocks

• Shower and restroom dividers/partitions

• Structural fiberboard• Roofing material – New

FY’05• Modular Threshold

Ramps – New FY’05• Non Pressure Pipe - –

New FY’05

Designated Items:


Landscaping Landscaping

Designated Items:• Garden and soaker hoses

• Hydraulic mulch

• Lawn and garden edging

• Yard trimmings compost

• Food waste compost

• Landscaping timbers and posts (plastic lumber)


Vehicular ProductsVehicular Products

Designated Items:

• Engine coolants

• Re-refined lubricating oils

• Retread tires


Transportation ProductsTransportation Products

Designated Items:• Channelizers

• Delineators

• Flexible delineators

• Parking stops

• Traffic barricades

• Traffic cones


Miscellaneous Products Miscellaneous Products

Designated Items:• Pallets• Sorbents• Awards and plaques• Strapping and

stretch wrap

• Mats

• Signage

• Industrial drums• Bike Racks – new FY’05

• Blasting Grit - new FY’05


SummarySummary

Purchasing green products makes good business sense, is often more cost-effectively, and is good for the environment


Jefferson Lab Green TeamJefferson Lab Green TeamFor more information…• Green Purchasing: Dennis Dobbins #5139

[email protected] • Recyclables:

Paper Products & Aluminum Cans: Mike Lewellen #7169 Scrap Metal: Joan Campbell #7348 Batteries & Used Oil: Patty Hunt # 7039

• Pollution Prevention Information or Suggestions: Linda Even #[email protected]


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