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Recommendation MRW 7 — Implement and promote Environmentally Preferable Purchasing at state and local governments and in institutional settings, with ecology leading by example. Support the Climate Action Team proposals and other initiatives.

Government will lead by example in the development and implementation of environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) policies and practices.  Actions to support this include:

• Convene an intergovernmental workgroup to assess progress on EPP practices, review state and local purchasing laws and regulations, and identify barriers to environmentally preferable purchasing.
• Recommend changes to laws, regulations, and practices to agencies and state Legislature as needed.
• Increase technical assistance to state grantees and state and local agencies, which will result in greater promotion and sales of EPP goods and services.
• Collaborate with local governments to advance EPP.
• Address challenges with measuring progress and purchases of EPP.

Milestone MRW I: Legislation is modified to support more environmentally preferable purchasing, a program to track EPP purchases is in place, and sales of EPP goods and services are increasing. (Same as IND O.)

Links and Resources

• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
• EPA's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (Exit Ecology)

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