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Green Business Program –Alameda County
General
GENERAL Certification Measures (3 measures required)
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Required Measures
1. Inform your customers about your business environmental efforts and what you are
doing to meet the green business standards. For example: Post the Green Business logo,
certification and pledge in a visible location; Post reminders listing steps you are taking
to be a Green Business; Offer tours that highlight your Green Business successes; Offer
customers green service or amenities options; Highlight your Green Business efforts
and/or certification on your website, and link it to the GBP home page.
X
2. Adopt a written environmentally preferable (or green) purchasing policy. Ask your
Green Business Coordinator for templates.
X
3. Establish a 'green team' that can help guide efforts to green your business. X
Waste
BUY materials with recycled content. (4 measures required)
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Required Measures
1. Purchase paper towels with 35% post-consumer waste. X
2. Purchase copier/printer paper with at least 30% post consumer waste.
What is the recycled content of the paper (OPTIONS - 30%, 100% and 50 %, enter two
digits)?
How many reams of paper do you buy annually?
X
Optional Measures
1. Purchase paperboard and plastic (#1, #2, not # 6 and # 7) take-out containers. X
2. Purchase toilet seat covers and toilet paper with recycled content. X
3. Purchase floor mats with recycled content. X
4. Purchase menus with recycled content. X
5. Purchase napkins with recycled content. X
6. Purchase placemats with recycled content. X
7. Purchase garbage bags with the highest recycled content available. X
8. Purchase guest checks with recycled content. X
CEAC - August 1, 2013
Item XI (a.v)