Plastic Products for Administrative Offices

This includes recycling/composting/trash containers, trash can liners, office products, etc.

Purchasing information:

Recycling, composting and trash receptacles can easily be found with recycled content. These products are usually made from recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE) or polypropylene (PP), which can be derived from milk jugs, detergent bottles and yogurt cups.
Many plastic office products are now being made with recycled content as well.
Trash can liners that include a minimum of 10% post-consumer resin, which is the federal standard, can contribute to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) points. This is low density polyethylene (LDPE) or HDPE material, which may be sourced from stretch wrap or from post-consumer bags and film recycled from grocery stores.

Key specifications:

The product shall meet or exceed the federal CPG guidelines for post-consumer recycled content.

Resources for additional information:

GSA Environmental Program Aisle - https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/ws/search/special_category_search?cat=ADV.ENV
2007 CPG Buy Recycled Series – Non-Paper Office Products
- https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-02/documents/nonpaper.pdf

Back to Recycling Means Business

TABLE OF CONTENTS

How to Use This Guide
Closing the Loop
- What Does That Mean?
- Why Buy Recycled?
- How to Buy Recycled?
Definitions
Resources
- Federal Guidelines for Recycled Content Purchasing
- Environmental Purchasing Guides
- Product & Manufacturer Directories
- Product & Packaging Design Guides
Key Products, Purchasing Information, Sample Specifications
- Paper Products (Printing and Writing Paper, Coated Paper, Sanitary Paper)
- Plastic Products for Administrative Offices (Recycling and Garbage Containers, Trash Bags, Office Products)
- Industrial Products (Totes, Bins, Drums, Plastic Pallets, Crates, Slipsheets, Gaylord Liners, Can Liners, Mats, Sorbents, etc.)
- Packaging
  - Plastic - (Protective, Flexible, Rigid, Food, Labels)
  - Paper – (Paperboard, Corrugated Paper Products)
- Interior Building Products
  - Carpet, Carpet Backing, Other Flooring and Underlayment,
  - Building Insulation, Shower/Restroom Dividers, Latex Paint
- Exterior Building Products
  - Composite Lumber (Decking, Railing, Outdoor Furniture, Landscaping Timbers)
  - Non-pressure Pipe -Drainage or Conduit
- Compost and Hydraulic Mulch
- Other Parks and Recreation Products (Running Track Surfaces, Playground Surfaces)
- Transportation Products (Parking Stops, Traffic Cones, Traffic Barricades, Delineators)
- Vehicular Products (Coolant, Rerefined Oil, Remanufactured Parts, Retreaded Tires)
NC Business Leaders Using Recycled Content and PCR Pioneers
- Business Profiles

NC Statewide Contracts that Include Recycled Content Products
- Also Available to Local Governments in NC!
- Department of Administration Purchase and Contracts Division Listing

This toolkit was developed with support from the EPA Sustainable Materials Management Program.

Comments and Feedback Welcome. E-mail Jan Hardin at jhardin@wrpnc.org