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From copy paper to cleaners, automotive fluids to printing services, every product purchased can have an impact on human health and the environment. To reduce the quantity and toxicity of waste in Minnesota, state law requires state agencies and other public entities to purchase recycled, repairable, and durable goods.
Purchasers can use these tools and resources to incorporate environmental considerations into standard purchasing practices.
What is EPP?
The federal government defines environmentally preferable products as goods that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared to competing products that serve the same purpose. Environmentally preferable attributes include reduced toxicity, the use of recycled materials, and increased energy efficiency.
Determining what environmental criteria to consider when making a purchasing
decision often depends on how far across a product's life cycle
you are willing to evaluate, what information is available to help
you define your criteria, and whether the product is available locally
and at a reasonable price.
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