Buy-Recycled Series
CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS
COMPREHENSIVE
PROCUREMENT
GUIDELINES
Construction project man-
agers across America are
learning that recycled-con-
tent construction products are cost-
effective, reliable, easy to obtain,
and environmentally friendly.
Whether you're erecting a
CONSTRUCTION new building or construct-
ing a new highway, high-
quality recycled-content
products can help you get
your project off to a great
start!
Buying recycled products.
...conserves natural resources
...saves energy
...reduces solid waste
...reduces air and water pollutants
...reduces greenhouse gases
...creates new jobs
SER&
Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (5305W)
Washington, DC 20460
EPA530-F-04-011
www. epa. gov/osw
May 2004
To make it easier to buy
recycled, the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) updates the
Comprehensive
Procurement Guidelines
(CPG) every 2 years.
Through the CPG, EPA
designates items that must
contain recycled materials
when purchased with
appropriated federal funds
by federal, state, and local
agencies, or by government
contractors. Several con-
struction products are among these
items. EPA's research shows that
the items designated in the CPG
are of high quality, widely avail-
able, and cost-competitive with vir-
gin products. EPA also issues non-
regulatory companion guidance—
the Recovered Materials Advisory
Notice (RMAN)—that recommends
levels of recycled content for these
items.
Why Buy Recycled?
Recycling is more than just drop-
ping off your cans, bottles, and
newspapers at the curb or at a local
collection facility. Diverting recy-
clables from the waste stream is
only the first of three steps in the
recycling process. The second step
occurs when companies use these
recyclables to manufacture new
products. The third step comes
when you purchase products made
from recovered materials. That's
how we close the loop.
Buying recycled products results in
many environmental benefits. It
supports local recycling programs
by creating markets for the collect-
ed materials that are processed and
used to manufacture new products.
This creates jobs and helps
strengthen the economy; conserves
natural resources; saves energy; and
reduces solid waste, air and water
pollutants, and greenhouse gases
that contribute to global warming.
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What is CPG?
The Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act requires procuring agencies to buy
recycled-content products designated by
EPA in the CPG. Issued in May 1995, the first
CPG designated 19 new products (including car-
pet, floor tiles, and laminated paperboard) and
incorporated five previously designated items
(including building insulation and cement and
concrete) in eight product categories. The first
CPG update (CPG II) was published in
November 1997 and designated an additional 12
items, including shower and restroom
dividers/partitions and reprocessed and consoli-
dated latex paint. A second CPG update (CPG III)
was published in January 2000 and designated an
additional 18 items, including carpet cushion,
flowable fill, and railroad grade crossing surfaces.
The third CPG update (CPG IV), published in
April 2004, designated seven new products,
including modular threshold ramps, nonpressure
pipe, and roofing materials. It also revised the
designation for three items, including cement
and concrete, polyester carpet, and railroad grade
crossing surfaces.
Procuring agencies include all federal agencies,
and any state or local government agencies or
government contractors that use appropriated
federal funds to purchase the designated items.
If your agency spends more than $10,000 per
year on a product designated in the CPG, you
are required to purchase it with the highest recy-
cled-content level practicable. The CPG also
applies to lease contracts covering designated
items. Executive Order 13101 and the Federal
Acquisition Regulation also call for an increase
in the federal government's use of recycled-con-
tent and environmentally preferable products.
Once any new items are designated in a pub-
lished CPG update, an agency has 1 year to devel-
op an affirmative procurement program (or revise
an existing one) to include these new items. In
previous years, agencies have had to revise their
affirmative procurement programs to incorporate
buy-recycled requirements for items such as con-
struction board, thermal insulation, floor tiles,
carpet, shower and restroom dividers/partitions,
reprocessed and consolidated paint, carpet cush-
ion, flowable fill, and railroad grade crossing sur-
faces. Agencies must revise their affirmative
procurement programs to include the new items
designated under CPG IV by April 30, 2005. This
effort might involve reviewing specifications for
these products and eliminating provisions that
pose barriers to purchasing them with recycled
content (such as aesthetic requirements unrelated
to product performance).
The CPG acknowledges that specific circum-
stances might arise that preclude the purchase
of products made with recovered materials.
Your agency may purchase designated items
that do not contain recovered materials if it
determines that: 1) the price of a given desig-
nated item made with recovered materials is
unreasonably high, 2) there is inadequate com-
petition (not enough sources of supply), 3)
unusual and unreasonable delays would result
from obtaining the item, or 4) the recycled-con-
tent item does not meet the agency's reasonable
performance specifications.
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Key Terms
Before purchasing construction products containing recovered materials, you might need to
review certain key terms:
• Cenospheres: Additives similar to coal fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag. Cenospheres
occur naturally in fly ash, the largest byproduct of coal-fired power plants. They are microscopic
spheres made of silica and alumina and are filled with air or other gases.
• Coal fly ash: A byproduct of coal burning at electric utility plants. It is called "fly" ash because it is
transported from the combustion chamber by exhaust gases.
• Consolidated paint: Postconsumer latex paint with similar characteristics (such as type, color family,
and finish) that is consolidated at the point of collection. The postconsumer paints are blended togeth-
er and repackaged, usually with few or no new ingredients added to improve the performance of the
resulting paint.
• Flowable fill: A wet, flowable slurry made up of coal fly ash, water, a coarse aggregate (such as
foundry sand), and a portland cement that is used as an economical fill or backfill material. It can
take the place of concrete, compacted soils, or sand commonly used to fill around pipes or void areas.
• Foundry sand: Clean, high-quality silica sand or lake sand from both ferrous and nonferrous metal
castings.
• Ground granulated blast furnace (GGBF) slag: A byproduct of iron blast furnaces. The slag is ground
into granules finer than portland cement and can be used as an ingredient in concrete.
• Laminated paperboard: Boards made from one or more plies of kraft paper bonded together and used
for decorative, structural, or insulating purpose.
• Modular threshold ramps: Devices used to modify door thresholds and other small rises, particularly
with regards to improving access for people with disabilities. Threshold ramps can be made of recov-
ered steel, aluminum, or rubber.
• Nonpressure pipe: Pipe used for drainage and as conduit in construction, communications, municipal,
industrial, agricultural, and mining applications. Most nonpressure pipe is made with PVC and HOPE.
• Rock wool: A composition of fibers manufactured from slag or natural rock and used in building insu-
lation.
• Reprocessed paint: Postconsumer latex paint that has been sorted by a variety of characteristics that
are dictated by the recycler. In general, the paint is sorted by type i.e., interior versus exterior), by
light and dark colors, and by finish i.e., high-gloss versus flat). The reprocessor adds raw materials to
meet the performance and color requirements expected or required by the end user.
• Silica fume: A waste material recovered from alloyed metal production—it is the solid waste collected
on filters of electric arc furnace stacks. A grain of sand is about 1,000 times larger than a silica fume
particle.
• Structural fiberboard: Panel made from wood, cane, or paper fibers matted together and used for
sheathing, structural, and insulating purposes.
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How Do I Purchase Recycled-
Content Construction Products?
EPA issues purchasing guidance in RMANs,
which are designed to make it as easy as
possible to buy the designated items. The
RMANs recommend recycled-content levels to
look for when purchasing construction products,
as shown in the table below. Following the
RMANs' recommended levels will help ensure
your affirmative procurement program and stan-
dards meet the buy-recycled requirements. The
RMANs also provide other purchasing guidance.
Please refer to
for more information on individual products.
Rather than specifying just one level of recy-
cled content, the RMANs recommend ranges
that reflect actual market conditions. The rec-
ommendations are based on market research
identifying recycled-content products that are
commercially available, competitively priced,
and that meet buyers' quality standards.
Access EPA's online recycled-content products
database by going to and
selecting "Supplier Database." See the last sec-
tion of this fact sheet for other helpful resources.
EPA's Recommended Content Levels for Construction Products
CONSTRUCTION
PRODUCT
Rock Wool Insulation1
Fiberglass Insulation1
Cellulose Insulation
(loose-fill and spray-on)1
Perlite Composite Board
Insulation1
Plastic, Non-woven Batt
Insulation1
Plastic Rigid Foam,
Polyisocyanurate/
Polyurethane: Rigid Foam
Insulation1
Foam-in-Place Insulation1
MATERIAL
RECOVERED
Slag
Glass Gullet
Postconsumer Paper
Postconsumer Paper
Recovered and/or
Postconsumer
Plastics
Recovered Material
Recovered Material
POSTCONSUMER I TOTAL RECOVERED
RECOVERED I CONTENT
CONTENT I
75%
20-25%
75%
23%
75%
23%
100%
9%
5%
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CONSTRUCTION
PRODUCT
Glass Fiber Reinforced
Insulation1
Phenolic Rigid Foam
Insulation1
Structural Fiberboard
Laminated Paperboard
Cement and Concrete2
Polyester Carpet Face
Fiber13
Patio Blocks
Floor Tiles (Heavy
Duty/Commercial Use)1
Shower and Restroom
Dividers/ Partitions1
Latex Paint:
- Consolidated5
- Reprocessed6
- White, Off-White,
Pastel Colors
- Grey, Brown, Earthtones,
and Other Dark Colors
MATERIAL
RECOVERED
Recovered Material
Recovered Material
Recovered Material
Postconsumer Paper
Coal Fly Ash
Ground Granulated
Blast Furnace Slag
(GGBF Slag)
Cenospheres
Silica Fume
Polyethylene
Terephthalate (PET)
Resin
Rubber or
Rubber Blends
Plastic or Plastic
Blends
Rubber
Plastic
Plastic
Steel4
Recovered Material
Recovered Material
Recovered Material
POSTCONSUMER I TOTAL RECOVERED
RECOVERED I CONTENT
CONTENT I
6%
5%
80-100%
100% 100%
See Endnote 2 See Endnote 2
See Endnote 2 See Endnote 2
Minimum of 10%
(by volume)
5-10% of cementitious
material (dry weight basis)
25-100%
90-100%
90-100%
25-100%
90-100%
—
20-100%
16%
67%
100%
20%
50-99%
90-100%
20-100%
25-30%
100%
100%
20%
50-99%
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CONSTRUCTION
PRODUCT
Carpet Cushion':
- Bonded Polyurethane
-Jute
- Synthetic Fibers
- Rubber
Flowable Fill Containing
Coal Fly Ash and/or
Ferrous Foundry Sands7
Railroad Grade Crossing
Surfaces:
- Concrete
- Rubber9
- Steel4
-Wood
Modular Threshold Ramps
Mo
Nonpressure Pipe
MATERIAL
RECOVERED
Old Carpet Cushion
Burlap
Carpet Fabrication
Scrap
Tire Rubber
Coal Fly Ash
Ferrous Foundry Sands
POSTCONSUMER I TOTAL RECOVERED
RECOVERED I CONTENT
CONTENT I
Coal Fly Ash8
Tire Rubber
Steel4
Wood or
Wood Composite
Plastic or
Plastic Composite
Steel12
Aluminum
Rubber
Steel4
Plastic - HOPE
-PVC
Cement
15-50%
40%
60-90%
See Endnote 7
16%
67%
90-97%
85-95%
16-67%
100%
16%
67%
100%
5-15%
See Endnote 2
15-50%
40%
100%
60-90%
See Endnote 7
15-20%
85-95%
25-30%
100%
90-97%
100%
25-100%
10%
100%
25-30%
100%
100%
25-100%
See Endnote 2
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CONSTRUCTION
PRODUCT
Roofing Materials
MATERIAL
RECOVERED
Steel4
Aluminum
Fiber (felt) or Fiber
Composite
Rubber
Plastic or Plastic/
Rubber Composite
Wood/Plastic
Composite
POSTCONSUMER I TOTAL RECOVERED
RECOVERED I CONTENT
CONTENT I
16%
67%
20-95%
50-100%
12-100%
100%
25-30%
100%
20-95%
50-100%
100%
100%
100%
Cement
See Endnote 2
See Endnote 2
EPA's recommendations do not preclude procuring agencies from purchasing construction products manufactured using other materials. EPA simply recommends that
procuring agencies, when purchasing construction products designated in the procurement guidelines, purchase these products containing recovered materials.
EPA recommends that procuring agencies prepare or revise their procurement programs for cement and concrete or for construction projects involving cement and concrete
to allow the use of coal fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBF slag), cenospheres, or silica fume, as appropriate. EPA does not recommend that procuring agen-
cies favor one recovered material over the other. Rather, EPA recommends that procuring agencies consider the use of all of these recovered materials and choose the one
|or the mixture of them) that meets their performance requirements, consistent with availability and price considerations. EPA also recommends that procuring agencies
specifically include provisions in all construction contracts to allow for the use, as optional or alternate materials, of cement or concrete which contains coal fly ash, GGBF
slag, cenospheres, or silica fume, where appropriate. Due to variations in cement, strength requirements, costs, and construction practices, EPA is not recommending recov-
ered materials content levels for cement or concrete containing coal fly ash, GGBF slag, cenospheres, or silica fume. Additional information can be found in the
Consolidated Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN) at www.epa.gov/cpg/pdf/rmanal4.pdf.
EPA recommends that procuring agencies establish minimum content standards for use in purchasing polyester carpet for moderate-wear applications. This recommenda-
tion does not include polyester carpet for use in heavy- or severe-wear applications.
The recommended recovered materials content level for steel in this table reflect the fact that the designated items can be made from steel manufactured from either a
Basic Oxygen Furnace (EOF) or an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF). Steel from the EOF process contains 25-30% total recovered materials, of which 16% is postconsumer steel.
Steel from the EAF process contains a total of 100% recovered steel, of which 67% is postconsumer.
Consolidated latex paint used for covering graffiti, where color and consistency of performance are not primary concerns.
Reprocessed latex paint used for interior and exterior architectural applications such as wallboard, ceilings, and trim; gutterboards; and concrete, stucco, masonry, wood,
and metal surfaces.
EPA recommends that procuring agencies use flowable fill containing coal fly ash and/or ferrous foundry sands for backfill and other fill applications. EPA further recom-
mends that procuring agencies include provisions in all construction contracts involving backfill or other fill applications to allow for the use of flowable fill containing
coal fly ash and/or ferrous foundry sands, where appropriate. The specific percentage of coal fly ash or ferrous foundry sands used in flowable fill depends on the specifics of
the job, including the type of coal fly ash used (Class C or Class F); the strength, set time, and flowability needed; and bleeding and shrinkage. Therefore, EPA is not recom-
mending specific coal fly ash or ferrous foundry sands content levels for procuring agencies to use in establishing minimum content standards for flowable fill. However
additional information regarding typical proportions used in flowable fills, as well as specifications and recommended test methods are provided by EPA and can be found in
the Consolidated Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN) for the Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG). An electronic version of this document can be
viewed at .
Coal fly ash can be used as an ingredient of concrete slabs, pavements, or controlled density fill product, depending on the type of concrete crossing system installed.
Higher percentages of coal fly ash can be used in the concrete mixture; the higher percentages help to produce a more workable and durable product but can prolong the
curing process.
The recommended recovered materials content levels for rubber railroad grade crossing surfaces are based on the weight of the raw materials, exclusive of any additives
such as binders or other additives.
Railroad grade crossing surfaces made from recovered wood may also contain other recovered materials such as plastics. The percentages of these materials contained in the
product would also count toward the recovered materials content level of the item.
Railroad grade crossing surfaces made from recovered plastics may also contain other recovered materials such as auto shredder residue, which contains a mix of materials.
The percentages of these materials contained in the product would also count toward the recovered materials content level of the item.
The recommended recovered materials content levels for steel in this table reflect the fact that the designated item may contain steel manufactured in either a Basic
Oxygen Furnace (EOF) or an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF), or a combination of both. Steel from the EOF process contains 25% - 30% total recovered steel, of which 16% is
postconsumer. Steel from the EAF process contains 100% total recovered steel, of which 67% is postconsumer. According to industry sources, modular threshold ramps
containing a combination of EOF and EAF steel would contain 25% - 85% total recovered steel, of which 16% - 67% would be postconsumer. Since there is no way of
knowing which type of steel was used in the manufacture of the item, the postconsumer and total recovered material content ranges in this table encompass the whole
range of possibilities, i.e., the use of EAF steel only, EOF steel only, or a combination of the two.
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How Can I Get More Information?
T
Information Available
From EPA
his fact sheet and the following publications on
buying recycled-content products can be accessed
on the Internet.
EPA Amends Comprehensive Procurement
Guidelines (CPG). This fact sheet provides general
information about the CPG and the development of
affirmative procurement programs. See
.
Federal Register (FR) notices promulgating CPG I (60
FR 21370/EPA530-Z-95-006) and RMAN I (60 FR
21386/EPA530-Z-95-007), May 1, 1995. FR notices
promulgating CPG II (62 FR 60961/EPA530-Z-97-
009) and RMAN II (62 FR 60975/EPA530-Z-97-010),
November 13, 1997. FR notices promulgating CPG
III (65 FR 3070) and RMAN m (65 FR 3082), January
19, 2000. FR notices promulgating CPG IV (69 FR
24028) and RMAN IV (69 FR 24039), April 30, 2004.
See .
Other Sources of
Information
The American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials (AASHTO). AASHTO pub-
lishes concrete and cement-mixing specifications,
which are listed in this fact sheet and in RMAN I.
Contact: AASHTO, 444 North Capitol Street, NW.,
Suite 249, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202 624-
5800. Fax: 202 624-5806. The AASHTO Publications
Catalog provides information on all AASHTO publi-
cations. A PDF version of the catalog can be down-
loaded at or a hard copy
can be requested by calling 800 231-3475. Web site:
. Email: info@aashto.org.
American Concrete Institute (ACT). ACI publishes a
standard for concrete containing GGBF slag and
offers several relevant publications. Contact: ACI,
P.O. Box 9094, Farmington Hills, MI 48333. Phone:
248 848-3700. Web site: .
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
ASTM publishes standards for mixing cement and
concrete. Contact: ASTM, 100 Barr Harbor Drive,
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. Phone: 610 832-
9585. Fax: 610 832-9555. Web site: .
Buy Recycled Business Alliance. The Alliance
includes over 3,200 companies and organizations
committed to increasing their use of recycled-con-
tent products and materials in their day-to-day oper-
ations. The Alliance offers educational materials, a
quarterly newsletter, and product-specific guides.
Publications include fact sheets on insulation and
coal fly ash, and Building for Tomorrow: Buy
Recycled Guidebook for the Commercial
Construction Industry. Public purchasing entities
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can join free of charge. For more information, con-
tact the National Recycling Coalition, 1325 G
Street, NW., Suite 1025, Washington, DC 20005-
3104. Phone: 202 347-0450. Fax: 202 347-0449.
Web site: .
E-mail: brbainfo@nrc-recycle.org.
The Recycled Materials Resource Center (RMRC).
RMRC is a national center created to promote the
wise use of recycled materials (pavements, secondary,
waste, byproduct materials) in the highway environ-
ment. The Center is a partnership with the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA). Contact: The
Recycled Materials Resource Center, 220 Environ-
mental Technology Building, Durham, NH 03824.
Phone: 603 862-4704. Fax: 603 862-3957. Web site:
. Email: rmrc@rmrc.unh.edu.
Directory of Recycled-Content Building and
Construction Products. This regional directory
includes 500 construction and building products
manufactured partially or totally from recycled
materials. Contact: Clean Washington Center, First
Interstate Center, 999 Third Avenue, Suite 1060,
Seattle, WA 98104. Phone: 206 464-7040. Fax: 206
464-6902. Web site: .
Environmental Building News. This monthly
newsletter on environmentally responsible design
and construction includes articles on new products
and materials, technologies, and construction meth-
ods. Contact: 122 Birge Street, Suite 30, Brattleboro,
VT 05301. Phone: 802 257-7300. Fax: 802 257-7304.
Web site: .
Environmental Resource Guide. Published by the
American Institute of Architects (ALA), this 1,100-
page guide presents comprehensive lifecycle infor-
mation on building materials and applications,
including products and recyclability. Contact AIA at
1735 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20006-5292. Phone: 800 242-3837. Fax: 202 626-
7547. Available in CD-ROM format for $160. Web
site: . Email: infocentral@aia.org.
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). With
assistance from the American Coal Ash Association,
Inc., FHWA published Fly Ash Facts for Highway
Engineers (FHWA-SA-94-081), August 1995. It also
maintains a database of state specifications for using
coal fly ash and GGBF slag. Contact: Gary Crawford,
Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Phone: 202 366-
1286. Web site: .
U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). GSA
publishes various supply catalogs, guides, and sched-
ules for recycled-content products available through
the Federal Supply Service. For copies of the follow-
ing document and other information, contact GSA,
Centralized Mailing List Service (7CAFL), 4900
Hemphill Street, P.O. Box 6477, Fort Worth, TX
76115-9939. Phone: 817 334-5215. Fax: 817334-
5527. GSA also offers recycled-content paint
through requisition and processing. For more infor-
mation on how to purchase this product, contact the
GSA Paint and Chemical Commodity Center at 800
241-7246. You can also access GSA Advantage!,
GSA's Internet-based online ordering system, to
order any GSA product at .
- Environmental Products Guide. This guide is
designed to help procurement officials identify
environmentally preferable products and services.
It contains nearly 3,000 items, including many
recycled-content products. An electronic version
can be viewed at .
Greening the Government: A Guide to
Implementing Executive Order 13101. This guide
provides detailed information on the requirements of
Executive Order 13101 and the benefits of achieving
compliance. Updated in February 2001, it is available
from the Office of the Federal Environmental
Executive. Phone: 202 564-1297. Fax: 202 564-1393.
Web site: . Email: task_force@ofee.gov.
An electronic version of the document can be accessed
at .
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A Guide to Resource Efficient Building Elements. In
addition to tips on efficient design and job-site recy-
cling, this guide lists several manufacturers that
make products using recovered materials. Contact:
National Center for Appropriate Technology—
Center for Resourceful Building Technology, P.O.
Box 100, Missoula, MT 59806. Phone: 406 549-7678.
Fax: 406 549-4100. Email: crbt@ncat.org. Web site:
.
National Institute of Governmental Purchasing
(NIGP). NIGP maintains a library of product specifica-
tions and sample bid documents for both virgin- and
recycled-content products, including concrete. It also
offers procurement training workshops for members.
For more information, contact Fuad Abu-Taleb, 151
Spring Street, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170. Phone:
703 736-8900, Ext. 241. Fax: 703 736-9644. Web site:
.
Official Recycled Products Guide. This directory
lists more than 5,000 manufacturers and distributors
of recycled-content products. Contact: Recycling
Data Management Corporation, P.O. Box 577,
Ogdensburg, NY 13669. Phone: 800 267-0707. Fax:
877471-3258.
Recycled Plastic Products Source Book. This booklet
lists more than 1,400 plastic products from approxi-
mately 300 manufacturers. For more information,
contact the American Plastics Council (APC), 1300
Wilson Blvd., 13th Floor, Arlington, VA 22209.
Phone: 800 2-HELP-90. Outside of U.S.: 703 253-
0710. Web site: .
Resource Guide to Recycled Construction Products.
This recycled construction products list is available
from the Los Angeles Integrated Solid Waste
Management Office. For more information contact
the City of LA/ISWMO, 433 South Spring Street, 5th
Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Phone: 213 847-4321.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE). USAGE has
specifications for cement containing coal fly ash.
Contact Greg Hughes, USAGE, 20 Massachusetts
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20314. Phone: 202
761-4140. Fax: 202 761-4139. Web site:
< www. us ace. army. mil>.
Internet Sites—Product
Information
• Recycling Data Network Information Services:
. This com-
mercial Web site provides access, on a subscription
basis, to a recycled-content products database of
over 4,500 listings in 700 product classifications. It
also provides a reference library and a newsletter.
Managed by the publisher of the Official Recycled
Products Guide, the product database is considered
to be the largest of its kind.
• Oikos Green Building Source: .
This site contains a catalog of books, videos, and
software for sustainable construction; a searchable
database of companies that feature products with
environmental attributes; and links to other green
building sites.
• Sustainable Building Sources:
. This site describes EPA's effort
to facilitate the procurement of products containing
recovered materials, including information on CPG,
RMANs, and an interactive database of manufactur-
ers and suppliers of designated items.
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP):
. EPA's EPP program encourages
and assists federal agencies in purchasing environ-
mentally preferable products and services. The site
explains EPA's proposed guiding principles for
including environmental performance in purchasing
decision-making and posts case studies of successful
pilot projects in both the public and private sectors.
• Federal Trade Commission: . The Federal Trade
Commission issued Guides for the Use of
Environmental Marketing Claims in May 1998.
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Jobs Through Recycling: . EPA's
Jobs Through Recycling program stimulates eco-
nomic growth and recycling market development by
assisting businesses and supporting a network of
state and regional recycling contacts. This Web site
provides information on financing and technical
assistance for recycling businesses as well as other
market development tools.
King County Recycled Product Procurement
Program:
. This
site describes the tools and techniques developed by
King County, Washington, agencies for purchasing
recycled products.
Municipal Solid Waste: . This
site includes information on recycling, source reduc-
tion, and reuse. Contains state municipal solid
waste data and the latest facts and figures on waste
generation and disposal.
Waste Wise: . WasteWise is
a free, voluntary EPA program through which organi-
zations eliminate costly municipal solid waste, bene-
fitting their bottom line and the environment. The
program provides hands-on assistance to members to
help them purchase or manufacture recycled-content
products, prevent waste, and recycle solid waste
materials.
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