Partners For A Clean Environment

Sustainable purchasing demonstrates a commitment to buying goods, materials, services, and capital improvements in a manner that reflects core values of fiscal responsibility, social equity, community and environmental stewardship. Some examples of sustainable purchasing practices are:

• Purchasing goods with recycled content
• Purchasing goods from a sustainable source
• Purchasing goods from local sources
• Reducing packaging from purchased goods
• Producer responsibility (suppliers take responsibility for creating a collection and recycling program for their products)

PACE has developed a template for a sustainable purchasing policy for businesses working towards their Zero Waste Certification.  Click here