JSA/Jefferson Lab Green Purchasing

1. JSA/Jefferson Lab Green Purchasing

2. Green PurchasingOverview • Introduction • Actions • Why Green Purchasing? • Opportunities to Buy Green • Directives/Categories • Summary JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

3. INTRODUCTIONOur DOE Contract Mandates Compliance with Executive Order (EO) 13101 Greening the Government through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition • 3 Main Elements: • Waste Reduction/Prevention • Recycling • Affirmative Procurement Program (APP) JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

4. Green PurchasingMajor Responsibilities • DOE • Comply with federal directives • Provide guidance to prime contractors • JLab • Promote environmentally friendly purchasing & disposal • Procurement • JLab’s Affirmative Procurement Advocate • Provide lab-wide information/education/assistance • Employees • Support Green Purchasingguidance and environmentally friendly disposal programs JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

5. What We Must Do ! Purchase items with the highest recovered materials content level practicable JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

6. Green Purchasing • Why Green? • Cost Comparisons • Examples JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

7. Why Green Purchasing? • Preserves natural resources • Increasingly easier • Potential cost savings • National policy JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

8. Cost Comparison ofGreen Purchasing • Item #1 Toner Cartridge (Canon Machines) $67.74 Recycled Toner Cartridge $30.67 Savings 55% • Item #2 Binders (3” White slant/w clear cover) $11.59 • Recycled Binders $6.28 • Savings 54% JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

9. Examples of Buying Green • Numerous Office/Administrative Supplies • Recycled paper • Remanufactured toner cartridges • Call for use of green products in service contracts • Include specifications in construction contracts JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

10. Green PurchasingMethods • Purchase card opportunities • Electronic commerce JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

11. Opportunity to Buy Green Include green purchasing considerations in Purchase Card, PCard, actions • JLab PCard use: > $6 million in FY ‘05 • About 130 JLab card holders • About 1,000 purchases per month • Expanded opportunities to purchase green products using electronic commerce • Several vendors offer on-line “Green” catalogs JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

12. 8 Product Categories To date, the EPA has designated recycled content items in 8 product categories: • Landscaping • Non-paper office products • Miscellaneous • Parks & Recreation • Vehicular • Construction • Transportation • Paper and paper products Proposed Itemsfor future reporting: Bio-based products: "commercial or industrial products (other than food or feed) that are composed in whole or in significant part of biological products or renewable domestic agricultural materials (including plant, animal, and marine materials) or forestry materials. “see http://www.ofee.gov/gp/bioprod.html JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

13. Paper and Paper Products Designated Items: • Printing and writing papers • Miscellaneous papers • Paperboard and packaging products • Newsprint • Commercial/industrial sanitary tissue products JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

14. Designated Items: Binders (paper, plastic covered) Office recycling containers Office waste receptacles Plastic desktop accessories Plastic envelopes Plastic trash bags Furniture – new ‘05 Printer ribbons Toner cartridges Plastic binders (solid) Plastic clipboards Plastic clip portfolios Plastic file folders Plastic view graphs & presentation folders Non-Paper Office Products JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

15. Building insulation Carpet Cement & concrete containing: Latex paint Floor tiles Carpet cushion Flowable fill Laminated paperboard Railroad grade crossings/surfaces Patio blocks Shower and restroom dividers/partitions Structural fiberboard Roofing material – New FY’05 Modular Threshold Ramps – New FY’05 Non Pressure Pipe - – New FY’05 Construction Products Designated Items: JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

16. Designated Items: Garden and soaker hoses Hydraulic mulch Lawn and garden edging Yard trimmings compost Food waste compost Landscaping timbers and posts (plastic lumber) Landscaping JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

17. Vehicular Products Designated Items: • Engine coolants • Re-refined lubricating oils • Retread tires JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

18. Transportation Products Designated Items: • Channelizers • Delineators • Flexible delineators • Parking stops • Traffic barricades • Traffic cones JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

19. Designated Items: Pallets Sorbents Awards and plaques Strapping and stretch wrap Mats Signage Industrial drums Bike Racks – new FY’05 Blasting Grit - new FY’05 Miscellaneous Products JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

20. Summary Purchasing green products makes good business sense, is often more cost-effectively, and is good for the environment JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

21. Jefferson Lab Green Team For more information… • Green Purchasing: Dennis Dobbins #5139 dobbins@jlab.org • Recyclables: • Paper Products & Aluminum Cans: Mike Lewellen #7169 • Scrap Metal: Joan Campbell #7348 • Batteries & Used Oil: Patty Hunt # 7039 • Pollution Prevention Information or Suggestions: Linda Even #7308 • lle@jlab.org JLab Affirmative Procurement Program

22. Green PurchasingFinish Line JLab Affirmative Procurement Program