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What
You Can Do
Buy Eco-Friendly Products & Services
By considering environmental impacts in your organization’s
purchases you can reduce the burden on the local and global environment,
remove unnecessary hazards from its operations, protect public health,
reduce costs and liabilities, and potentially improve the environmental
quality of the region.
Factors that should be considered when determining an environmentally
preferable good or service include, but are not limited to:
- Minimization of virgin material use in product or service life cycle
- Maximization of recycled products used in product or service life
cycle
- Environmental cost of entire product or service life cycle
- Reuse of existing products or materials in product or service life
cycle
- Recyclability of product
- Minimization of packaging
- Reduction of energy/water consumption
- Toxicity reduction or elimination
- Elimination of uncertified hardwoods in product or service life cycle
- Durability and maintenance requirements
- Ultimate disposal of the product
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