Reports and Handbooks
**Documents are in Adobe Acrobat® format.**
Vol. XIII, dated July 2001 - Recycled and Environmentally Preferable
Products Guide for State Contracts, Introduction (96 kb) & Product,
Contract
and Vendor Information (328 kb)
This guide provides up-to-date details on existing State contracts for
EPPs, including contract
terms, vendor names and numbers, and pricing, when available. In addition,
information on how
to use state contracts, tips on writing green specs, definitions, and model
buy recycled policies
are included.
A Guide to Massachusetts State Contracts for Hazardous Material Collection
& Management (102 kb)
Pages include summaries of the most important information on selected Operational
Services
Division (OSD) contracts. These contracts were established with input from
other state and
local agencies to facilitate environmental compliance and proactive environmental
programs in
the public sector.
Annual Reports
Access the State's Buy Recycled Annual Reports.
U.S. EPA Case Study of Massachusetts' Environmental Purchasing Program
(1,666 kb)
This case study highlights the unique approach taken by the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts
in its environmental purchasing program. In order to eliminate communication
problems
between different offices, Massachusetts centralized environmental purchasing
decisions
within its central purchasing agency. This and other proactive decisions
have made the
Commonwealth a leader among state governments in environmentally preferable
purchasing.
Fact Sheets
Download fact sheets on Re-refined Motor Oil and Other Lubricants, Recycled
Antifreeze,
Bio-based Lubricants, Recycled Paint, Remanufactured Toner Cartridges,
Recycled Paper
and Envelopes, Recycled Carpet, Recycled Office Supplies, Recycled Janitorial
Paper
Products and Food Service Items, Recycled Plastic Traffic Cones and Recycled
Glass Beads,
Retread Tires and Tubing, and Energy Star Photocopiers.
Procurement of Environmentally Preferable Products:
A Review of Current Practices (185 kb)
This report, written for OSD by Abt Associates of Cambridge, MA, in 1995,
investigates
environmentally preferable purchasing practices in other localities, including
29 states, 2
counties, 11 businesses and 4 nonprofits. - Volume I provides a summary
of the investigations,
as well as further investigation into products of interest to the Commonwealth.
In Microsoft
Word for Windows 6.0 format.
Volume II contains a database of environmental purchasing practices, and
can be ordered by
sending a check in the amount of $6, made out to Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and sent
to Marcia Deegler, Environmental Procurement Trainer, OSD, 1 Ashburton
Pl., 10th Fl.
Boston, MA 02108-1552.
~ Debra Lombard
Green Design Researcher and Consultant
dlombard@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~dlombard
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