Introduction:
Environmentally preferred purchasing (EPP) means practicing pollution prevention when making new purchases. Several EPP strategies are:

• buying only what you intend to use
• buying in bulk
• avoiding extensive packaging
• buying locally
• buying least hazardous products (cleaners, paints, etc.)
• looking for products with high post consumer recycled content!
• buying re-manufactured and factory reconditioned

Federal  Links

• EPA’s EPP Home www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/
• EPA information on re-refined lubricating oilhttp://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/tools/cpg/products/lubricat.htm
• GSA Global Supplyhttps://www.gsaglobalsupply.gsa.gov/advantage/main/start_page.do?store=FSS
• EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelineshttp://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/tools/cpg/index.htm
• Federal Energy Star Programs http://www.energystar.gov/
• Federal Gov. EPP Success Stories
  http://www.epa.gov/oppt/epp/pubs/FedPioneers.pdf
• Selling Environmental Products to the Governmenthttp://www.epa.gov/epp/pubs/stgbrochure.pdf
• Selling Energy-Efficient Products to the Governmenthttp://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/selling_eeproducts_to_gov.pdf

State Based Links

• EPP Guide – Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board of Minnesota Metropolitan Counties http://www.swmcb.org/
• Environmentally Friendly Purchasing resourceshttp://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/
• Connecticut DEP How to Buy Recycled http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2714&q=324876&depNav_GID=1645#How
• California Buy Recycled Program http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/BuyRecycled/
• King County, WA, Purchasing Departmentwww.kingcounty.gov/operations/procurement/
  Services/Environmental_Purchasing.aspx

Other Organizations

• Green Seal Product Certifications www.greenseal.org
• EPPNET – Listserve sponsored by the Northeast Recycling Councilhttp://www.nerc.org/eppnet/index.html
• PPRC Product Stewardship, Greening Supply Chains, www.pprc.org

Product Specific Links

• Information on recycled paper www.treecycle.com/info.html