[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR23.703]

[Page 457]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 23_ ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY 
TECHNOLOGIES, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 23.7_Contracting for Environmentally Preferable Products and 
                                Services
 
Sec.  23.703  Policy.

    Agencies must--
    (a) Implement cost-effective contracting preference programs 
promoting energy-efficiency, water conservation, and the acquisition of 
environmentally preferable products and services; and
    (b) Employ acquisition strategies that affirmatively implement the 
following environmental objectives:
    (1) Maximize the utilization of environmentally preferable products 
and services (based on EPA-issued guidance).
    (2) Promote energy-efficiency and water conservation.
    (3) Eliminate or reduce the generation of hazardous waste and the 
need for special material processing (including special handling, 
storage, treatment, and disposal).
    (4) Promote the use of nonhazardous and recovered materials.
    (5) Realize life-cycle cost savings.
    (6) Promote cost-effective waste reduction when creating plans, 
drawings, specifications, standards, and other product descriptions 
authorizing material substitutions, extensions of shelf-life, and 
process improvements.
    (7) Consider the use of biobased products.

[65 FR 36020, June 6, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 65353, Dec. 18, 2001]