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APPENDIX B
Executive Order 13101
THE WHITE HOUSE
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
(New York, New York)
September 14, 1998
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13101
GREENING THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH WASTE
PREVENTION, RECYCLING, AND FEDERAL ACQUISITION
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including the Solid Waste Disposal Act, Public Law 89-272,
79 Stat. 997, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
Public Law 94-580, 90 Stat. 2795, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901-6907), section 301 of
title 3, United States Code, and in order to improve the Federal Government's use of
recycled products and environmentally preferable products and services, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
PART 1 - PREAMBLE
Section 101. Consistent with the demands of efficiency and cost effectiveness, the
head of-each executive agency shall incorporate waste prevention and recycling in the
agency's daily operations and work to increase and expand markets for recovered
materials through greater Federal Government preference and demand for such products.
It is the national policy to prefer pollution prevention, whenever feasible. Pollution that
cannot be prevented should be recycled; pollution that cannot be prevented or recycled
should be treated in an environmentally safe manner. Disposal should be employed only
as a last resort.
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Sec. 102. Consistent with policies established by the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy (OFPP) Policy Letter 92-4, agencies shall comply with executive branch policies
for the acquisition and use of environmentally preferable products and services and
implement cost-effective procurement preference programs favoring the purchase of
these products and services.
Sec. ~ 03. This order creates a Steering Committee, a Federal Environmental
Executive (FEE), and a Task Force, and establishes Agency Environmental Executive
(AEE) positions within each agency, to be responsible for ensuring the implementation of
this order. The FEE, AEEs, and members of the Steering Committee and Task Force
shall be fulI-time Federal Government employees.
PART 2 - DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this order:
Sec. 201. "Environmentally preferable" means 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. This comparison may consider raw
materials acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse,
operation, maintenance, or disposal of the product or service.
Sec. 202. "Executive agency" or "agency" means an executive agency as defined in 5
U.S.C. 105. For the purpose of this order, military departments, as defined in 5 U.S.C.
02, are covered under the auspices of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 203. "Postconsumer material" means a material or finished product that has
served its intended use and has been discarded for disposal or recovery, having completed
its life as a consumer item. "Postconsumer material" is a part of the broader category of
"recovered material."
Sec. 204. "Acquisition" means the acquiring by contract with appropriated fiends for
supplies or services (including construction) by and for the use of the Federal
Government through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already in
existence or must be created, developed, demonstrated, and evaluated. Acquisition
begins at the point when agency needs are established and includes the description of
requirements to satisfy agency needs, solicitation and selection of sources, award of
contracts, contract financing, contract performance, contract administration, and those
technical and management functions directly related to the process of fulfilling agency
needs by contract.
Sec. 205. "Recovered materials" means waste materials and by-products that have
been recovered or diverted from solid waste, but such term does not include those
materials and by-products generated from, and commonly reused within, an original
manufacturing process (42 U.S.C. 6903 (19~.
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Sec. 206. "Recyclability" means the ability of a product or material to be recovered
from, or otherwise diverted from, the solid waste stream for the purpose of recycling.
Sec. 207. "Recycling" means the series of activities, including collection, separation,
and processing, by which products or other materials are recovered from the solid waste
stream for use in the form of raw materials in the manufacture of new products other than
fuel for producing heat or power by combustion.
Sec. 208. "Waste prevention" means any change in the design, manufacturing,
purchase, or use of materials or products (including packaging) to reduce their amount or
toxicity before they are discarded. Waste prevention also refers to the reuse of products
or materials.
Sec. 209. "Waste reduction" means preventing or decreasing the amount of waste
being generated through waste prevention, recycling, or purchasing recycled and
environmentally preferable products.
Sec. 210. "Life cycle cost" means the amortized annual cost of a product, including
capital costs, installation costs, operating costs, maintenance costs, and disposal costs
discounted over the lifetime of the product.
Sec. 211. "Life cycle assessment" means the comprehensive examination of a
product's environmental and economic aspects and potential impacts throughout its
lifetime, including raw material extraction, transportation, manufacturing, use, and
disposal.
Sec. 212. "Pollution prevention" means "source reduction" as defined in the Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13102), and other practices that reduce or eliminate
the creation of pollutants through: (a) increased efficiency in the use of raw materials,
energy, water, or other resources; or (b) protection of natural resources by conservation.
in,
Sec. 213. "Biobased product" means a commercial or industrial product (other than
food or feed) that utilizes biological products or renewable domestic agricultural (plant,
animal, and marine) or forestry materials.
Sec. 214. "Major procuring agencies" shall include any executive agency that
procures over $50 million per year of goods and services.
PART 3 - THE ROLES AND DUTIES OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE,
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE, TASK FORCE, AND AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVES
Sec.301. Committees,Executives,and Task Force. (a) Steering Committee. Thereis
hereby established a Steering Committee on Greening the Government through Waste
Prevention and Recycling ("Steering Committees. The Steering Committee shall be
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composed of the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Federal
Environmental Executive (FEE), and the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy
(OFPP). The Steering Committee, which shall be chaired by the Chair of the CEQ, is
directed to charter a Task Force to facilitate implementation of this order, and shall
provide the Task Force with policy direction in such implementation.
(b) Federal Environmental Executive. A Federal Environmental Executive,
Environmental Protection Agency, shall be designated by the President. The FEE shall
chair the Task Force described in subsection (c), take all actions necessary to ensure that
the agencies comply with the requirements of this order' and generate a biennial report to
the President.
(c) Task Force. The Steering Committee shall charter a Task Force on Greening the
Government through Waste Prevention and Recycling ("Task Force"), which shall be
chaired by the FEE and composed of staff from the major procuring agencies. The
Steering Committee, in consultation with the agencies, shall determine the necessary
staffing and resources for the Task Force. The major procuring agencies shall provide, to
the extent practicable and permitted by law, resources and support to the Task Force and
the FEE, upon request from the Steering Committee. The Task Force shall have the duty
of assisting the FEE and the agencies in implementing this order, subject to policy
direction provided by the Steering Committee. The Task Force shall report through the
FEE to the Chair of the Steering Committee.
(d) Agency Environmental Executives (AEEs). Within 90 days after the date of this
order, the head of each major procuring agency shall designate an AEE from among his
or her staff, who serves at a level no lower than the Assistant Secretary level or
equivalent, and shall notify the Chair of CEQ and the FEE of such designation.
Sec. 302. Duties. (a) The Federal Environmental Executive. The FEE, working
through the Task Force, and in consultation with the AEEs, shall:
(1) Develop a Government-wide Waste Prevention and Recycling Strategic Plan
("Strategic Plan") to further implement this order. The Strategic Plan should be initially
developed within 180 days of the date of this order and revised as necessary thereafter.
The Strategic Plan should include, but is not limited to, the following elements:
(a) direction and initiatives for acquisition of recycled and recyclable products and
environmentally preferable products and services;
(b) development of affirmative procurement programs;
(c) review and revision of standards and product specifications;
(d) assessment and evaluation of compliance;
(e) reporting requirements;
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(f) outreach programs to promote adoption of practices endorsed in this order; and
(g) development and implementation of new technologies that are of environmental
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(2) Prepare a biennial report to the President on the actions taken by the agencies to
comply with this order. The report also may incorporate information from existing
agency reports regarding Government-wide progress in implementing the following
Executive Orders: 12843, Procurement Requirements and Policies for Federal Agencies
for Ozone Depleting Substances; 13031, Federal Alternative Fueled Vehicle Leadership;
12845, Requiring Agencies to Purchase Energy Efficient Computer Equipment; 12856,
Federal Compliance with Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements;
12902, Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation at Federal Facilities; and 12969,
Federal Acquisition and Community Right-to-Know.
(3) In coordination with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the
Department of Agriculture (USDA), convene a group of acquisition/procurement
managers and environmental State, and local government managers to work with State
and local governments to improve the Federal, State, and local governments' use of
recycled products and environmentally preferable products and services.
(4) Coordinate appropriate Government-wide education and training programs for
agencies.
(5) Establish committees and work groups, as needed, to identify, assess, and
recommend actions to be taken to fulfill the goals, responsibilities, and initiatives of the
FEE. As these committees and work groups are created, agencies are requested to
designate appropriate personnel in the areas of procurement and acquisition, standards
and specifications, electronic commerce, facilities management, pollution prevention,
waste prevention, recycling, and others as needed to staff and work on these initiatives.
An initial group shall be established to develop recommendations for tracking and
reporting requirements, taking into account the costs and benefits of such tracking and
reporting. The Steering Committee shall consult with the AEEs before approving these
recommendations.
(b) Agency Environmental Executives. The AEEs shall:
(~) translate the Government-wide Strategic Plan into specific agency and service
plans;
(2) implement the specific agency and service plans;
(3) report to the FEE on the progress of plan implementation;
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(4) work with the FEE and the Task Force in furthering implementation of this order;
(5) track agencies' purchases of EPA-designated guideline items and report agencies'
purchases of such guideline items to the FEE per the recommendations developed in
subsection 302(a)~5) of this order. Agency acquisition and procurement personnel shall
justify in writing to the file and to the AEE the rationale for not purchasing such items,
above the micropurchase threshold (as set out in the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy Act at 41 U.S.C. 428), and submit a plan and timetable for increasing agency
purchases of the designated hemps).
(6) one year after a product is placed on the USDA Biobased Products List, estimate
agencies' purchases of products on the list and report agencies' estimated purchases of
such products to the Secretary of Agriculture.
PART 4 - ACQUISITION PLANNING, AFFIRMATIVE PROCUREMENT
PROGRAMS, AND FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE
Sec. 401. Acquisition Planning. In developing plans, drawings, work statements,
specifications, or other product descriptions, agencies shall consider, as appropriate, a
broad range of factors including: elimination of virgin material requirements; use of
biobased products; use of recovered materials; reuse of product; life cycle cost;
recyclability; use of environmentally preferable products, waste prevention (including
toxicity reduction or elimination); and ultimate disposal. These factors should be
considered in acquisition planning for all procurement and in the evaluation and award of
contracts, as appropriate. Program and acquisition managers should take an active role in
these activities.
Sec. 402. Affirmative Procurement Programs. (a) The head of each executive agency
shall develop and implement affirmative procurement programs in accordance with
section 6002 of RCRA (42 U.S.C. 6962) and this order and consider use of the
procurement tools and methods described in 7 U.S.C. 5909. Agencies shall ensure that
responsibilities for preparation, implementation, and monitoring of affirmative
procurement programs are shared between the program personnel and acquisition and
procurement personnel. For the purposes of all purchases made pursuant to this order,
EPA, in consultation with such other executive agencies as appropriate, shall endeavor to
maximize environmental benefits, consistent with price, performance, and availability
considerations, and constraints imposed by law, and shall adjust solicitation guidelines as
necessary in order to accomplish this goal.
(b) Agencies shall establish affirmative procurement programs for all EPA-designated
guideline items purchased by their agency. For newly designated items, agencies shall
revise their internal programs within ~ year from the date the EPA designated the new
items.
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(c) Exclusive of the biobased products described in section 504, for the EPA-
designated guideline items, which are contained in 40 CFR part 247, and for all future
designated guideline items, agencies shall ensure that their affirmative procurement
programs require 100 percent of their purchases of products to meet or exceed the EPA
guideline unless written justification is provided that a product is not available
competitively within a reasonable time frame, does not meet appropriate performance
standards, or is only available at an unreasonable price. Written justification is not
required for purchases below the micropurchase threshold. For micropurchases, agencies
shall provide guidance regarding purchase of EPA-clesignated guideline items. This
guidance should encourage consideration of aggregating purchases when this method
would promote economy and efficiency.
(~) Within 90 days after the date of this order, the head of each executive agency that
has not implemented an affirmative procurement program shall ensure that the
affirmative procurement program has been established and is being implemented to the
maximum extent practicable.
Sec. 403. Federal Facility Compliance. (a) Within 6 months of the date of this order,
the Administrator of the EPA shall, in consultation with the Federal Environmental
Executive, prepare guidance for use in determining Federal facility compliance with
section 6002 of RCRA and the related requirements of this order.
(b) EPA inspections of Federal facilities conducted pursuant to RCRA and the Federal
Facility Compliance Act and EPA "multi-media" inspections carried out at Federal
facilities will include, where appropriate, evaluation of facility compliance with section
6002 of RCRA and any implementing guidance.
(c) Where inspections of Federal facilities are carried out by authorized States
pursuant to RCRA and the Federal Facility Compliance Act, the Administrator of the
EPA will encourage those States to include evaluation of facility compliance with section
6002 of RCRA in light of EPA guidance prepared pursuant to subsection (a), where
appropriate, similar to inspections performed by the EPA. The EPA may provide
information and technical assistance to the States to enable them to include such
considerations in their inspection.
(~) The EPA shall report annually to the Federal Environmental Executive on the
results of inspections performed by the EPA to determine Federal facility compliance
with section 6002 of RCRA not later than February Ist for those inspections conducted
during the previous fiscal year.
PART 5 - STANDARDS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND DESIGNATION OF ITEMS
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Sec. 501. Specifications, Product Descriptions, and Standards. When developing,
reviewing, or revising Federal and military specifications, product descriptions (including
commercial item descriptions), and standards, executive agencies shall consider
recovered materials and any environmentally preferable purchasing criteria developed by
the EPA, and ensure the criteria are complied with in developing or revising standards.
Agencies shall report annually to the FEE on their compliance with this section for
incorporation into the biennial report to the President referred to in section 302(a)~2) of
this order. (a) If an inconsistency with section 6002 of RCRA or this order is identified
in a specification, standard, or product description, the FEE shall request that the
Environmental Executive of the pertinent agency advise the FEE as to why the
specification cannot be revised or submit a plan for revising it within 60 days.
(b) If an agency is able to revise an inconsistent specification but cannot do so within
60 days, it is the responsibility of that ABE to monitor and implement the plan for
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revising it.
Sec. 502. Designation of Items that Contain Recovered Materials. In order to
expedite the process of designating items that are or can be made with recovered
materials, the EPA shall use the following process for designating these items in
accordance with section 6002(e) of RCRA. (a) The EPA shall designate items that are or
can be made with recovered material, by promulgating amendments to the
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG). The CPG shall be updated every 2 years
or as appropriate after an opportunity for public comment.
(b) Concurrent with the issuance of the CPG, the EPA shall publish for comment in
the Federal Register Recovered Materials Advisory Notices that present the range of
recovered materials content levels within which the designated items are currently
available. These levels shall be updated periodically, after opportunity for public
comment, to reflect changes in market conditions.
(c) Once items containing recovered materials have been designated by the EPA in the
CPG, agencies shall modify their affirmative procurement programs to require that, to the
maximum extent practicable, their purchases of products meet or exceed the EPA
guidelines unless written justification is provided that a product is not available
competitively, not available within a reasonable time frame, does not meet appropriate
performance standards, or is only available at an unreasonable price.
Sec. 503. Guidance on Acquisition of Environmentally Preferable Products and
Services. (a) The EPA shall develop guidance within 90 days from the date of this order
to address environmentally preferable purchasing. The guidance may be based on the
EPA's September 1995 Proposed Guidance on the Acquisition of Environmentally
Preferable Products and Services and comments received thereon. The guidance should
be designed for Government-wide use and targeted towards products and services that
have the most effect. The guidance may also address the issues of use of the technical
expertise of non-governmental entities and tools such as life cycle assessment in
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decisions on environmentally preferable purchasing. The EPA shall update this guidance
every 2 years, or as appropriate.
(b) Agencies are encouraged to immediately test and evaluate the principles and
concepts contained in the EPA's Guidance on the Acquisition of Environmentally
Preferable Products and Services through pilot projects to provide practical information
to the EPA for further updating of the guidance. Specifically:
(~) These pilot projects shall be focused around those product and service categories,
including printing, that have wide use within the Federal Government. Priorities
regarding which product and service categories to pilot shall be developed by the
individual agencies and the EPA, in consultation with the OFPP, the FEE, and the
appropriate agency procurement executives. AnY colicY disagreements shall be resolved
by the Steering Committee.
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(2) Agencies are encouraged to use all of the options available to them to determine
the environmentally preferable attributes of products and services in their pilot and
demonstration projects, including the use of technical expertise of nongovernmental
entities such as labeling, certification, or standards-developing organizations, as well as
using the expertise of the National Institute of Standards ant! Technology.
(3) Upon request and to the extent practicable, the EPA shall assist executive agencies
in designing, implementing, and documenting the results of these pilot and demonstration
projects.
(4) The EPA, in coordination with other executive agencies, shall develop a database
of information about these projects, including, but not limited to, the number and status
of pilot projects, examples of agencies' policy directives, revisions to specifications,
solicitation procedures, and grant/contract policies that facilitate adoption of
environmentally preferable purchasing practices, to be integrated on a commonly
available electronic medium (e.g., Internet Web site). These data are to be reported to the
FEE.
(c) Executive agencies shall use the principles and concepts in the EPA Guidance on
Acquisition of Environmentally Preferable Products and Services, in addition to the
lessons from the pilot and demonstration projects, to the maximum extent practicable, in
identifying and purchasing environmentally preferable products and services and shall
modify their procurement programs as appropriate.
Sec. 504. Designation of Biobased Items by the USDA. The USDA Biobased
Products Coordination Council shall, in consultation with the FEE, issue a Biobased
Products List. (a) The Biobased Products List shall be published in the Federal Register
by the USDA within ~ 80 days after the date of this order and shall be updated biannually
after publication to include additional items.
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(b) Once the Biobased Products List has been published, agencies are encouraged to
modify their affirmative procurement program to give consideration to those products.
Sec. 505. Minimum Content Standard for Printing and Writing Paper. Executive
agency heads shall ensure that their agencies meet or exceed the following minimum
materials content standards when purchasing or causing the purchase of printing and
writing paper: (a) For high speed copier paper, offset paper, forms bond, computer
printout paper, carbonless paper, file folders, white wove envelopes, writing and office
paper, book paper, cotton fiber paper, and cover stock, the minimum content standard
shall be no less than 30 percent postconsumer materials beginning December 3 I, 1998. If
paper containing 30 percent postconsumer material is not reasonably available, does not
meet reasonable performance requirements, or is only available at an unreasonable price,
then the agency shall purchase paper containing no less than 20 percent postconsumer
material. The Steering Committee, in consultation with the AEEs, may revise these
levels if necessary.
(b) As an alternative to meeting the standards in sections 505(a), for all printing and
writing papers, the minimum content standard shall be no less than 50 percent recovered
materials that are a waste material byproduct of a finished product other than a paper or
textile product that would otherwise be disposed of in a landfill, as determined by the
State in which the facility is located.
(c) Effective January I, 1999, no executive branch agency shall purchase, sell, or
arrange for the purchase of, printing and writing paper that fails to meet the minimum
requirements of this section.
Sec. 506. Revision of Brightness Specifications and Standards. The GSA and other
executive agencies are directed to identify, evaluate, and revise or eliminate any
standards or specifications unrelated to performance that present barriers to the purchase
of paper or paper products made by production processes that minimize emissions of
harmful byproducts. This evaluation shall include a review of unnecessary brightness
and stock clause provisions, such as lignin content and chemical pulp requirements. The
GSA shall complete the review and revision of such specifications within 6 months after
the date of this order, and shall consult closely with the Joint Committee on Printing
during such process. The GSA shall also compile any information or market studies that
may be necessary to accomplish the objectives of this provision.
Sec. 507. Procurement of Re-refined Lubricating Oil and Retread Tires. (a) Agencies
shall implement the EPA procurement guidelines for re-refined lubricating of] and retread
tires. Fleet and commodity managers shall take immediate steps, as appropriate, to
procure these items in accordance with section 6002 of RCRA. This provision does not
preclude the acquisition of biobased (e.g., vegetable) oils.
(b) The FEE shall work to educate executive agencies about the new Department of
Defense Cooperative Tire Qualification Program, including the Cooperative Approval
Tire List and Cooperative Plant Qualification Program, as they apply to retread tires.
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Sec. 601. Agency Goals. (a)(l) Each agency shall establish either a goal for solid
waste prevention and a goal for recycling or a goal for solid waste diversion to be
achieved by January I, 2000. Each agency shall further ensure that the established goals
include long-range goals to be achieved by the years 2005 and 2010. These goals shall
be submitted to the FEE within I80 days after the date of this order. (2) In addition to
white paper, mixed paper/cardboard, aluminum, plastic, and glass, agencies should
incorporate into their recycling programs efforts to recycle, reuse, or refurbish pallets and
collect toner cartridges for remanufacturing. Agencies should also include programs to
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(b) Agencies shall set goals to increase the procurement of products that are made
with recovered materials, in order to maximize the number of recycled products
purchased, relative to non-recycled alternatives.
(c) Each agency shall set a goal for increasing the use of environmentally preferable
products and services for those products and services for which the agency has completed
a pilot program.
(d) Agencies are encouraged to incorporate into their Government Performance
Results Act annual performance plans the goals listed in subsections (a), (b), and (c)
above, starting with the submittal to the Office of Management and Budget of the plan
accompanying the FY 200 1 budget.
(e) Progress on attaining these goals should be reported by the agencies to the FEE for
the biennial report specified in section 302(a)~2) of this order.
PART 7 - APPLICABILITY AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 701. Contractor Applicability. Contracts that provide for contractor operation of
a Government-owned or -leased facility and/or contracts that provide for contractor or
other support services at Government-owned or -operated facilities awarded by executive
agencies after the date of this order, shall include provisions that obligate the contractor
to comply with the requirements of this order within the scope of its operations.
Sec. 702. Real Property Acquisition and Management. Within 90 days after the date
of this order, and to the extent permitted by law and where economically feasible,
executive agencies shall ensure compliance with the provisions of this order in the
acquisition and management of Federally owned and leased space. The GSA and other
executive agencies shall also include environmental and recycling provisions in the
acquisition and management of all leased space and in the construction of new Federal
buildings.
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Sec. 703. Retention of Funds. (a) The Administrator of General Services shall
continue with the program that retains for the agencies the proceeds from the sale of
materials recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs and specifying the
eligibility requirements for the materials being recycled.
(b) Agencies in non-GSA managed facilities, to the extent-permitted by law, should
develop a plan to retain the proceeds from the sale of materials recovered through
recycling or waste prevention programs.
Sec. 704. Mode} Facility Programs. Each executive agency shall establish a mode]
demonstration program incorporating some or all of the following elements as
appropriate. Agencies are encouraged to demonstrate and test new and innovative
approaches such as incorporating environmentally preferable and big-based products;
increasing the quantity and types of products containing recovered materials; expanding
collection programs; implementing source reduction programs; comporting organic
materials when feasible; and exploring public/pr~vate partnerships to develop markets for
recovered materials.
Sec. 705. Recycling Programs. Gail Each executive agency that has not already
done so shall initiate a program to promote cost-effective waste prevention and recycling
of reusable materials in all of its facilities. The recycling programs implemented
pursuant to this section must be compatible with applicable State and local recycling
requirements.
(2) Agencies shall designate a recycling coordinator for each facility or installation.
The recycling coordinator shall implement or maintain waste prevention and recycling
programs in the agencies' action plans.
(b) Executive agencies shall also consider cooperative ventures with State and local
governments to promote recycling and waste reduction in the community.
Sec. 706. Review of Implementation. The President's Council on Integrity and
Efficiency shall request that the Inspectors General periodically review agencies'
implementation of this order.
PART 8 - AWARENESS
Sec. 80 1. Training. (a) Within ~ 80 days of the date of this order, the FEE and OFPP
should evaluate the training courses provided by the Federal Acquisition Institute and the
Defense Acquisition University and recommend any appropriate curriculum changes to
ensure that procurement of ficials are aware of the requirements of this order.
(b) Executive agencies shall provide training to program management and requesting
activities as needed to ensure awareness of the requirements of this order.
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Sec. 802. Internal Agency Awards Programs. Each agency shall develop an internal
agency-wide awards program, as appropriate, to reward its most innovative
environmental programs. Among others, winners of agency-wide awards will be eligible
for the White House Awards Program.
Sec. 803. White House Awards Program. A Government-wicle award will be
presented annually by the White House to the best, most innovative programs
implementing the objectives of this order to give greater visibility to these efforts so that
they can be incorporated Government-wide. The White House Awards Program will be
administered jointly by the FEE and the CEQ.
PART 9 - REVOCATION, LIMITATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION
Sec. 901. Executive Order 12873 of October 20, 1993, is hereby revoked.
Sec. 902. This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the
executive branch and is not intended to create any right, benefit, or trust responsibility,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its
agencies, its officers, or any other person.
Sec. 903. The policies and direction expressed in the EPA guidance to be developed
pursuant to section 503 of this order shall be implemented and incorporated in the Federal
Acquisition Regulation within ~ 80 days after issuance of the guidance.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 14, 1998.
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