Green Purchasing Tips

• Avoid paralysis through analysis. Your list does not need to be exhaustive. Many Products can be found in the GreenGopher
  Product Guide, or at EcoLogo, U.S. EPA EnergyStar and WaterSense.
  
• Remember to include the services you contract.
  
• Mark major purchases with an asterisk (i.e. a high frequency purchase, high volume or significant cost). This will help you choose the purchase that may save you money, have a clear benefit for the environment or community, impacts your image, or is simply the easiest to deal with.
  
•  Keep track of your thought process, so that you have something to refer back to (such as the table shown on the next page). This will inform other types of sustainable purchases in the future.
  
• Do not get bogged down assessing trade-offs between one type of purchase or impact over another. Be clear about where you are starting and why, then move ahead.

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