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 sections. Below is the Table of Contents followed by acknowledgments of the Sponsors, Co-sponsors and Conference Task Force.

For the full conference report, see the Report of "Closing the Loop: Buy Recycled".

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Environmentally Smart Purchasing in Santa Monica, Craig Perkins
Environmental Purchasing in King County, Eric Nelson

2. INTRODUCTION AND KEY NOTE ADDRESSES

3. PROCUREMENT TRACK

Recycled Product Success Stories
Successes in the City of Los Angeles, Susana Estreller
Successes in Victorville, Claudia Roberts
Making the Shift to Sustainability, Ron Weber

Developing Effective Policies for Buying Recycled
Environmental Purchasing in Santa Monica, Dean Kubani
Alameda County Recycled Product Purchase Preferences Program, Beth Eckl

Coop Buying, Eugene Grigsby

Educating the End User
Developing an Interactive System with the Users, Eric Nelson
Ways to Involve the Users, Beth Eckl

New Bid Specs: Removing Barriers to Buying Recycled
Executive Order on Preventing Waste and Acquisition Policy, Timonie Hood
Buying Recycled – An Historical Perspective, Gretchen Brewer

Cooperative Buying: Cost Effective Buying Strategies
Master Contracts Available from the State of California, Pat Bailey
Get Serious About Buying Recycled, or Lose Recycled Paper, Jennifer Pinkerton

4. MAINTENANCE TRACK

Buying Green Cleaning Products, Debbie Raphael
Recycled Products at the U.S. Post Office, Martin Graham
No-Maintenance Recycled Plastic Lumber Saves Money, Larry Wheaton
Re-refined Oil Works Well, Grahame Watts
Environmental Practices in the Fleet Maintenance Facility, Ralph Merced
Environmentally-friendly Street Maintenance, Robin Jarrett
Stocking Recycled Products at the Central Warehouse, Mark Breed

5. Resources for Buying Recycled

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.