Landscaping Products

Local agencies that use appropriated federal funds to buy $10,000 or more of products in categories below in a year must buy recycled products that meet US EPA's federal comprehensive procurement guidelines:

• Automotive: engine coolants, rebuilt vehicular parts, re-refined lubricating oils, retread tires
• Building materials: building insulation, cement and concrete, consolidated and reprocessed latex paint, floor tiles, flowable fill, laminated paperboard, modular threshold ramps, nonpressure pipe, patio blocks, railroad grade crossing surfaces, roofing materials, shower and restroom dividers/partitions, structural fiberboard, proposed: nylon carpet and nylon carpet backing
• Industrial supplies: blasting grit, general purpose industrial wipes, industrial drums, manual-grade strapping, mats, pallets, signage, sorbents
• Landscaping products: compost and fertilizer made from recovered organic materials, garden and soaker hoses, hydraulic mulch, lawn and garden edging, plastic lumber landscaping timbers and posts
• Office supplies (non-paper): awards, binders, clipboards, file folders, clip portfolios, furniture, plastic desktop accessories and envelopes, printer ribbons, waste bins
• Paper products: bath and facial tissue, binders, calendars, cardboard boxes, clipboards, easel pads, file folders, index cards, labels, newsprint, notebooks, notepads, packaging, paper (except white copy paper), paperboard, paper towels, shipping (envelopes, mailing tubes), sticky notes, waste bins
• Park and recreation products: park benches and picnic tables, plastic fencing, playground equipment, playground surfaces, running tracks, waste bins
• Traffic and sidewalk products: bike racks, channelizers, delineators, flexible delineators, parking stops, traffic barricades, traffic cones