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Appendix D: Resources
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Organization
Contact
Information
Mission
Activities
Resources
Purchasing
Center for New
American
Dream
The Responsible
Purchasing
Network (RPN)
6930 Carroll Ave.,
Suite 900
Takoma Park, MD
20912
Tel: (301) 891-3683
(877) 68-DREAM
newdream@new
dream.org
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org/
Help Americans to
consume
responsibly to
protect the
environment,
enhance quality of
life, and promote
social justice
Works with
individuals,
institutions,
communities,
and businesses
to conserve
natural
resources,
counter the
commercializati
on of our
culture, and
promote changes
in the way goods
are produced
and consumed
Member-based network of over
125 purchasing stakeholders
working together to identify,
buy, maintain, and dispose of or
repurpose socially and
environmentally responsible
goods and services
CleanGredients
®
A partnership
between
GreenBlue
®
, the
U.S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency, and
industry
Developed by
GreenBlue, a
nonprofit
institute
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org/home
Align environmental
and human health
goals with the
cleaning product
industry’s business
objectives and
supports formulation
of products with
human and
environmental
health benefits
Helps
formulators
identify
ingredients that
have potential
environmental
and human
health and safety
benefits
Provides
manufacturers a
showcase for
their ingredients
with
environmental
health and safety
benefits
Online database of institutional
and industrial cleaning
ingredients
List of surfactants and solvents
(modules for additional
ingredient classes, including
fragrances and chelating agents,
are in development)
Data for aquatic toxicity,
biodegradability, and ingredient
formulations reviewed by a
third party (NSF International)
using the Design for the
Environment Screen for
Surfactants
Massachusetts
Operational
Services
Division (OSD)
Environment-
ally Preferable
Products (EPPs)
Program
Marcia Deegler,
Director of
Environmental
Purchasing,
Operational Services
Division
1 Ashburton Place,
Room 1017, Boston,
MA 02108-1552
Tel: (617) 720-3356
marcia.deegler@osd.
state.ma.us
Promote the use of
EPPs in state and
municipal agencies,
with the primary
goal to use the
Commonwealth’s
purchasing power to
reduce the
environmental and
public health impact
of state government
and foster markets
for EPPs
OSD has issued
over three dozen
statewide
contracts
containing EPPs
Contracts
mangers oversee
vendor
adherence to
contracts and are
available to
troubleshoot any
problems
FAC59 criteria for disinfectants,
sanitizers, and mold/mildew
remediation for several products
that do not have third-party
certification but are necessary to
purchase
“Recycled and EPPs Services
Guide for State Contracts”
“Massachusetts Statewide
Contracts for Healthier Schools:
How to Use MA Contracts for
Pollution Prevention in
Schools”
EPP newsletter
Training on use of the contracts
Training from vendors when
