Closing the Loop:
Buy Recycled
Wednesday, November 18, 1998
Santa Monica, California
Organized by the
Southern California Council on Environment and Development (SCCED)
626 Santa Monica Blvd. #253, Santa Monica, CA 90401-2538
Phone: 310-281-8534 Fax: 310-455-3011 Website: www.scced.org
Email: [email protected]
The report is divided into eight files:
- Executive Summary (3 pages)
- Introduction and Keynote Presentations (4 pages)
- Procurement Track (23 pages)
- Maintenance Track (6 pages)
- Resources for Buying Recycled (6 pages)
- List of Conference Participants (5 pages)
- List of Vendors (2 pages)
- Report on Conference Feedback (2 pages)
Below is the Table of Contents followed by acknowledgments of the Sponsors, Co-sponsors and Conference Task Force. (Note that page numbers are approximate, depending on margin settings.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2. INTRODUCTION AND KEY NOTE ADDRESSES
Environmentally Smart Purchasing in Santa Monica, Craig Perkins – Page 1
Environmental Purchasing in King County, Eric Nelson – Page 2
3. PROCUREMENT TRACK
RECYCLED PRODUCT SUCCESS STORIES
Successes in the City of Los Angeles, Susana Estreller – Page 1
Successes in Victorville, Claudia Roberts – Page 4
Making the Shift to Sustainability, Ron Weber – Page 5
DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE POLICIES FOR BUYING RECYCLED
Environmental Purchasing in Santa Monica, Dean Kubani – Page 7
Alameda County Recycled Product Purchase Preferences Program, Beth Eckl – Page 10
COOP BUYING, Eugene Grigsby – Page 13
EDUCATING THE END USER
Developing an Interactive System with the Users, Eric Nelson – Page 14
Ways to Involve the Users, Beth Eckl – Page 16
NEW BID SPECS: REMOVING BARRIERS TO BUYING RECYCLED
Executive Order on Preventing Waste and Acquisition Policy, Timonie Hood – Page 18
Buying Recycled – An Historical Perspective, Gretchen Brewer – Page 20
COOPERATIVE BUYING: COST EFFECTIVE BUYING STRATEGIES
Master Contracts Available from the State of California, Pat Bailey – Page 21
Get Serious About Buying Recycled, or Lose Recycled Paper, Jennifer Pinkerton – Page 22
4. MAINTENANCE TRACK
Buying Green Cleaning Products, Debbie Raphael – Page 1
Recycled Products at the U.S. Post Office, Martin Graham – Page 3
No-Maintenance Recycled Plastic Lumber Saves Money, Larry Wheaton – Page 4
Re-refined Oil Works Well, Grahame Watts – Page 4
Environmental Practices in the Fleet Maintenance Facility, Ralph Merced – Page 5
Environmentally-friendly Street Maintenance, Robin Jarrett – Page 5
Stocking Recycled Products at the Central Warehouse, Mark Breed – Page 6APPENDICES
5. Resources for Buying Recycled Websites
Listserves
Other Buy Recycled Resources
Other Purchasing Resources & Websites
6. List of Conference Participants
7. List of Vendors
8. Report on Conference Feedback
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Sponsors included: America Recycles Day/California, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Founding Chapter.
Co-sponsors included: American Public Works Association, Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), California Association of Public Purchasing Officers (CAPPO), California General Services Administration, California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), City of Beverly Hills, City of Claremont, City of Culver City, City of Long Beach, City of Los Angeles, City of Redondo Beach, City of Santa Monica, City of West Hollywood, Los Angeles Metropolitan Public Purchasing Agents Cooperative (LAMPPAC), League of California Cities, Local Government Commission, Maintenance Superintendents Association, Municipal Equipment Maintenance Association, National Marketplace for the Environment, UCLA County-Wide Solid Waste Policy Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX.
Conference Task Force included: Joe Haworth, Mike Miller, Kim Braun, Joan Satt, Carmen Carso, John Jakupcak, Kathleen Gildred, Kate Lutz, and Jim Stewart.