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Provide healthy and safe work environments complementary to host eco-systems.

Objective - Half of the Goods Purchased by Ecology will be Environmentally Preferred in 2003-2005

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STRATEGIES ACTION STEPS WHO WHEN
1. Implement the agency's Environmentally Preferred Purchasing Policy. a. Review all purchases through the lens of the EPP Policy.
b. Purchase requests are made using the EPP Policy.
c. Educate staff on what products are considered environmentally preferred. 		Purchasing

Program purchasing coordinators, regional office administrators and Regional Sustainability Teams		 On going
2. Purchase recycled, chlorine-free paper. a. Provide this paper to all agency offices. Purchasing First 6 months

Anticipated Outcome

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