Choose Recycled-Content Products
Buying green helps ensure a strong market for recyclable materials. Recycled-content paper is easy to find at any large office supply store. You can also go beyond the basics. Browse through some of the resources listed below to find other green products, from CD jewel cases to playground equipment.
Resources
City of San José, Environmental Services Department – Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy
www.sanjoseca.gov/esd/natural-energy-resources/epp.htm
Guide to buying eco-friendly products and services; links to web resources for environmentally preferable purchasing.
RAFT- Resource Area for Teaching
1355 Ridder Park Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
(408) 451-1420
Email: raft@raft.net
www.raft.net
Discounted shop full of recycled supplies and equipment free to educators.
CalRecycle State Agency – Buy Recycled Campaign
(916) 341-6481/6473
www.calrecycle.ca.gov/BuyRecycled/
Assists with establishing practices for purchasing recycled-content products.
School Waste Reduction: Purchasing Guide
www.calrecycle.ca.gov/ReduceWaste/Schools/Purchasing/
Provides information on programs that can reduce the solid waste generated in all areas of a school district: administration, maintenance and operations, purchasing, food service, and classrooms. Programs create hands-on learning experiences for students and result in district-wide waste reduction and cost savings.
CalRecycle – Recycle Store
www.calrecycle.ca.gov/RecycleStore
Online catalog of innovative recycled products and manufacturer information.
Recycled Products Cooperative/Solana Recyclers
(800) 694-8355
Email: info@recycledproducts.org
www.recycledproducts.org
This free membership service provides discounted 30% post-consumer recycled paper and over 2,500 recycled/remanufactured office products.
Conservatree Paper Guide
(415) 561-6530
Email: paper@conservtree.org
www.Conservatree.org
Contains recycled copy paper listings and single-stream recycling best practices manuals.
Green Seal
(202) 872-6400
Email: greenseal@greenseal.org
www.greenseal.org
This independent non-profit provides evaluation tools, as well as identifies and promotes products and services that cause less toxic pollution and waste, conserve resources and habitats, and minimize global warming and ozone depletion. Green Seal evaluates products using ISO criteria.
