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EPA FOSTERS 18 NEW MARKETS FOR RECYCLED MATERIALS
Release Date: 02/03/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2000
EPA FOSTERS 18 NEW MARKETS FOR RECYCLED MATERIALS
EPA is designating 18 new items under the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG III) that can be made with recycled materials. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Executive Order 13101, "Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition," issued on September 14, 1998, requires federal agencies to buy recycled products designated by EPA. By fostering markets for recycled materials, normally discarded materials can be diverted from the solid waste stream by using the government's purchasing power to encourage the purchase of products made with recovered materials. The 18 items include carpet cushions, flowable fill (commonly used for filler around pipes and in trenches), railroad grade crossing surfaces, park benches/picnic tables, playground equipment, food waste compost, plastic lumber landscaping timbers/posts, solid plastic binders, plastic clipboards, plastic file folders, plastic clip portfolios, plastic presentation folders, absorbents, industrial drums, award plaques, mats, signage and manual-grade strapping. As required, EPA is providing notice of availability of the final Recovered Materials Notice III (RMAN III), which contains the Agency’s recommendations for purchasing the 18 items designated in the final CGP III. In addition, the final RMAN III contains revised recovered materials content recommendations for steel shower and restroom dividers/partitions, steel recycling containers and waste receptacles and the steel components of traffic barricades and delineators. This action continues EPA's activities to reassert the leadership role of the federal government in purchasing recycled-content products. Further information is available at: https://www.epa.gov/cpg or by calling 1-800-424-9346 or 703-412-9810.
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