Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 7.11.1996

Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered Materials

The Environmental Protection Agency today is proposing an amendment to the May 1, 1995 Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG). EPA is designating 13 new items that are or can be made with recovered materials. These items include shower and restroom dividers; latex paint; parking stops; channelizers; delineators; flexible delineators; snow fencing; garden and soaker hoses; lawn and garden edging; printer ribbons; ink jet cartridges; plastic envelopes; and pallets. In addition, this action clarifies EPA's previous designation of floor tiles, structural fiberboard, and laminated paperboard as items that can be made with recovered materials. The CPG implements a section of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This section requires EPA to designate items that are or can be produced with recovered materials and to recommend practices for the procurement of designated items by procuring agencies. Once EPA designates an item, RCRA requires any procuring agency using appropriated Federal funds to procure that item to purchase it with the highest percentage of recovered materials practicable. Today's proposed action will foster markets for materials recovered from solid wast