Wood
Required
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Treated Wood
When to UseFor situations where durability is essential, consider plastic lumber products instead. If you need treated wood, choose from this list of wood preservative alternatives for arsenic. That list is also on page 43-45 of the San Francisco Guide to Selecting Treated Wood.
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Recycled Products Meeting US EPA's Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
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
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Suggested
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Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified Building Materials
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Limited
Prohibited
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Arsenic Treated Wood - Most Applications
When to UseCity agencies are prohibited from using arsenic treated wood except for certain applications that involve saltwater immersion. Details can be found in the list of Approved Alternatives to Arsenic Treated Wood. Exemption requests must be submitted to SF Environment.
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Info on this product category: Wood
Tips
Consider plastic lumber products as an alternative when durability is essential.
Criteria for Wood
Criteria for Required products:
Wood must meet requirements of the Arsenic Treated Wood Ordinance (Env. Code. Chapt. 13). Also see bit.ly/sfwoodcriteria.
Last updated
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Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines ,
September 14, 2007
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Regulation Adopting an Approved Alternatives List - #SFE-05-01-PPO ,
July 18, 2005
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Regulations Determining Acceptable Alternatives to Arsenic Treated Wood ,
September 10, 2003
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