JSAJefferson Lab Green Purchasing Green Purchasing Overview Introduction
JSA/Jefferson Lab Green Purchasing
Green Purchasing Overview • Introduction • Actions • Why Green Purchasing? • Opportunities to Buy Green • Directives/Categories • Summary JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
INTRODUCTION Our DOE Contract Mandates Compliance with Executive Order (EO) 13101 Greening the Government through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition 3 Main Elements: ü Waste Reduction/Prevention ü Recycling ü Affirmative Procurement Program (APP) JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Green Purchasing Major Responsibilities • DOE ü Comply with federal directives ü Provide guidance to prime contractors • JLab ü Promote environmentally friendly purchasing & disposal • Procurement ü JLab’s Affirmative Procurement Advocate ü Provide lab-wide information/education/assistance • Employees ü Support Green Purchasing guidance and environmentally friendly disposal programs JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
What We Must Do ! Purchase items with the highest recovered materials content level practicable JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Green Purchasing • Why Green? • Cost Comparisons • Examples JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Why Green Purchasing? • Preserves natural resources • Increasingly easier • Potential cost savings • National policy JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Cost Comparison of Green Purchasing • Item #1 Toner Cartridge (Canon Machines) Recycled Toner Cartridge Savings $67. 74 $30. 67 55% • Item #2 Binders (3” White slant/w clear cover) $11. 59 Recycled Binders $6. 28 Savings 54% JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Examples of Buying Green • Numerous Office/Administrative Supplies üRecycled paper üRemanufactured toner cartridges • Call for use of green products in service contracts • Include specifications in construction contracts JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Green Purchasing Methods • Purchase card opportunities • Electronic commerce JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Opportunity to Buy Green Include green purchasing considerations in Purchase Card, PCard, actions üJLab PCard use: > $6 million in FY ‘ 05 üAbout 130 JLab card holders üAbout 1, 000 purchases per month Expanded opportunities to purchase green products using electronic commerce üSeveral vendors offer on-line “Green” catalogs JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
8 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 JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Paper and Paper Products Designated Items: • Printing and writing papers • Miscellaneous papers • Paperboard and packaging products • Newsprint • Commercial/industrial sanitary tissue products JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Non-Paper Office Products 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 JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Construction Products Designated Items: • Building insulation • Carpet • Cement & concrete containing: • • • Railroad grade • • Latex paint Floor tiles Carpet cushion Flowable fill Laminated paperboard • • 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 JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
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) JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Vehicular Products Designated Items: • Engine coolants • Re-refined lubricating oils • Retread tires JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Transportation Products Designated Items: • • • Channelizers Delineators Flexible delineators Parking stops Traffic barricades Traffic cones JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Miscellaneous Products Designated Items: • Pallets • Sorbents • Mats • Awards and plaques • Signage • Strapping and • Industrial drums stretch wrap • Bike Racks – new FY’ 05 • Blasting Grit - new FY’ 05 JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Summary Purchasing green products makes good business sense, is often more cost-effectively, and is good for the environment JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Jefferson Lab Green Team For more information… • Green Purchasing: Dennis Dobbins #5139 dobbins@jlab. org • Recyclables: Ø Paper Products & Aluminum Cans: Ø Scrap Metal: Ø Batteries & Used Oil: Mike Lewellen #7169 Joan Campbell #7348 Patty Hunt # 7039 • Pollution Prevention Information or Suggestions: Linda Even #7308 lle@jlab. org JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
Green Purchasing Finish Line JLab Affirmative Procurement Program
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