- Section 6002 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (6 pp, 47KB About PDF) requires all “procuring agencies” to purchase items designated in the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines when buying $10,000 worth of an item. Procuring agencies include state and local government recipients of federal funding.
- Private grantees—such as nonprofit organizations or individual recipients of federal loans, grants, or funds—are not included.
- For more information on who is subject to RCRA Section 6002, as well as examples of when it applies to contractors, see pages 10–13 of the Background Document for Final CPG IV (Appendices I–V) (33 pp, 147KB About PDF).
- The EPA Grants Project Officer Manual, under Recycling Terms and Condition, explains that all grantees must print reports prepared as part of the contract agreement double-sided and on recycled paper, in accordance with Executive Order 13101 and EPA Order 1000.25. The manual also states:
- Any state agency or local government using appropriated federal funds must comply with RCRA Section 6002.
- State and local institutions of higher education, hospitals, and nonprofit organizations that receive direct federal funds should give preference to the purchase of recycled products.
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- As a grants officer, become familiar with these requirements and communicate them to grantees.
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