Green Purchasing Project Documents
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) is a program that encourages and assists agencies in the purchasing of environmentally preferable products and services.
What is "environmentally preferable?"
"...products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose..."
The Benefits of Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
- Improved ability to meet existing environmental goals
- Improved worker safety and health
- Reduced liabilities
- Reduced health and disposal costs
