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                        EPA ORDER -  USE OF RECYCLED PAPER
        1.  PURPOSE.  This Transmittal  issues EPA Order 1000,25 — Use of
        Recycled Paper.

        2.  EXPLANATION.    This  Order  establishes  Agency  policy  to
        encourage the use of recycled paper.

        3.  FILING INSTRUCTIONS.    File   the  attached  in  a  three-ring
        binder established for the  EPA  Directives System.
                            Robert"A. English,
                        Agency Management Analy
Originator
EPA Form !31S-t2 (S-86)
     in
Procurement  and  Contracts Management Division/Office of
Administration and Resources Management
                   Headquarters
                                                   »7 EPA Headquarters

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  Classification No.:     1000.25

  Lproval Date: JAN 2 4 1990
                                Use of Recycled Paper
               1.    PURPOSE.   This Order establishes Agency policy to
         encourage the use of recycled paper.

               2.    BACKGROUND.  The EPA has set a goal for the nation to
         reduce and recycle twenty-five percent of municipal solid waste
         by  1992.   One of the keys to making recycling successful is the
         development of stable markets for products containing recovered
         materials.   The Federal government needs to do its part by
         purchasing such products; the EPA should be a leader in this
         effort.   This Order promotes this end by establishing an Agency
         policy promoting the use of recycled paper.

               3.    POLICY.  It is Environmental Protection Agency policy
         to  use, and to promote the use of, recycled paper.

               4.    RESPONSIBILITIES.  The Procurement and Contracts
         Management Division (PCMD)  is directed to ensure that all new
         contracts specify that contractors use recycled paper for all
         reports required for delivery to the Agency.  Where feasible,
         PCMD  should seek to modify existing contracts to include the same
         requirement.

                    The Grants Administration Division (GAD) is directed to
         include in all new grants and cooperative agreements a special
         condition requiring that grantees and recipients of cooperative
         agreement funds use recycled paper for all reports submitted to
         the Agency.

               All  Agency employees should be mindful of our initiatives in
         the area  and should do their part to reduce and_^ecycle waste.
                                         ilTiam K
I A Form 1315-12A(S.S(ii

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