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Purchasing Procedures and Manual 23 <br />APPENDIX A <br />Green Purchasing Guidelines and SB 1383 Procurement <br />Requirements <br />Listed below are supplemental guidelines for Section 5, Green Purchasing Policy. <br /> <br />1. Source Reduction <br /> <br />1.1. Purchase remanufactured products such as toner cartridges, tires, furniture, <br />equipment, and automotive parts whenever appropriate. <br /> <br />1.2. During the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, request that vendors eliminate <br />packaging or use the minimum amount necessary for product protection. Vendors <br />shall be encouraged to use recyclable packaging and/or take back packaging <br />(pallets and other shipping materials) for reuse. A vendor’s willingness to take <br />back packaging will be used as part of the consideration in the bid process. <br /> <br />1.3. Specify a preference for packaging that is reusable, recyclable or compostable, <br />when suitable uses and programs exist. <br /> <br />1.4. Encourage suppliers of electronic equipment, including but not limited to <br />computers, monitors, printers, and copiers, to take back equipment for reuse or <br />environmentally sound recycling when the City discards or replaces such <br />equipment, whenever possible. Suppliers will be required to state their take back, <br />reuse or recycling programs during the bidding process. <br /> <br />1.5. Consider contract provisions to require suppliers to take back equipment for reuse <br />or environmentally-sound recycling at the end of the product’s life cycle or when <br />the product is replaced. Suppliers will be required to state their take back, reuse or <br />recycling programs during the bidding process. <br /> <br />2. Recycled Content Products <br />2.1. Purchase printing paper, office paper, janitorial paper that is 30% postconsumer <br />recycled content. <br />2.2. Purchase products for which the United States Environmental Protection Agency <br />(U.S. EPA) has established minimum recycled content standard guidelines <br />(https://www.epa.gov/smm/comprehensive-procurement-guideline-cpg-program), <br />such as those for construction, landscaping, parks and recreation, transportation, <br />vehicles, miscellaneous, and non-paper office products, that contain the highest <br />post-consumer content available, but no less than the minimum recycled content <br />standards established by the U.S. EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines. <br />Page 151 of 373