Green Procurement Policies

The Buy Recycled program promotes the State's policy to "buy green." The Integrated Waste Management Board has also made clear its desire that recipients of State grant funds should be practicing what the Board preaches. To assist potential grant applicants, as well as any local government or business that wishes to establish a written procurement policy, the Buy Recycled program will be compiling actual and proposed policies as a resource.

If your community, business, or agency has a policy it would like to share, please let us know.

Sample Procurement Policies

In-House Waste Reduction and Recycled-Content Product Procurement Policy. Adopted by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, 1999.
Environmentally Preferable Procurement Policy (Word, 41 KB). City of San Jose, Council Policy (or Adobe PDF version, 17 KB)
Environmental Purchasing Policy. Public Works Agency, County of Sacramento. (or Adobe PDF version, 18 KB)
Green Procurement and Sustainable Practices Policy (Word, 59 KB). County of Nevada. (or Adobe PDF version, 123 KB)
Model Recycled Product Procurement Policy for Environmentally Preferable Products. King County (Washington) Environmental Purchasing Program.
Precautionary Purchasing Ordinance. City and County of San Francisco.
Ordinances and Policies for Waste Reduction at Venue Facilities and Large Events
Policy on Waste Reduction and Recycling. California Department of Water Resources.
Green Procurement Policy Resolution. County of Ventura, January 15, 2002.
Waste Reduction Policy. California Resources Agency.

Additional sample procurement policies are available from the Board's Local Assistance Library as well as the Board's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Laws and Policies page.

Last updated: April 03, 2008

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