The U.S. EPA recently added 18 recycled-content items to the government’s buy-recycled program. Once a product is designated, procuring agencies are required to purchase it with the highest recovered material content level practicable. The new products are: carpet cushions, flowable fill (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.
Building products such as insulation, carpet, and paint have already been designated. You can apply to have EPA include your company in the vendor list by substantiating the recovered content of your product in a letter (see website). You can also propose products for designation.
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