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SUGGESTEDCarpet that meets NSF/ANSI Standard 140

Manufacturers meet criteria to takeback the product when it can't be used anymore; be energy efficient; use bio-based, recycled, or environmentally preferable materials; and minimize adverse public health, environment, and community impacts.

Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Various

SUGGESTEDVarious Certified and Labeled Compostable Bags

★★★★

Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
When to use it : In order for compostable plastic bags to be accepted in the compost program they must meet the following criteria: • Product must be certified compostable by the Biodegradable Products Institute (bpiworld.org) , Din Certco AIB Vinçotte Inter (Belgium) ...

REQUIREDLED for Traffic & Pedestrian Signal Heads/Indicators

Category:LEDs
Guide for SF City Depts.: You’re REQUIRED by law to buy this if using City funds.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.

SUGGESTEDVarious LEDs that meet Energy Star standards

An ENERGY STAR qualified LED light bulb can last 25,000 hours. That means based on normal use, a bulb installed in a newborn's nursery won't have to be changed until he or she graduates from college.

Category:LEDs
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
Manufacturer(s): Various (after you click the link below, click top right for "Qualified LED Lighting")

PROHIBITEDVarious products prohibited in CA schools (K - 6th grad...

Contains toxic or cancer-causing substances. Schools can buy products with the AP Approved Product Seal.

Guide for SF City Depts.: This PROHIBITED product does not meet the City’s standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Various (Click link below. Then click List of Hazardous Art & Craft Materials)
When to use it : The List includes certain brands of: - Adhesives, rubber cement - Whiteboard cleaners - Artist's paint, varnish, sealers - Paint thinners - Clays/glazes - Sculptural materials
Product Type: consumer product
Prohibited for CA Schools (K-6th grade)

SUGGESTEDRecycled brush duster

★★★½

Recycled brush duster Computer can dusters have greenhouse gases that cause climate change. This brush does not. City depts. can get the brush for free if they return unused computer duster cans to the vendor (click the link below).

Category:Brushes
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
When to use it : Computer can dusters create unwanted watermark residues. This brush & other electronics cleaners on this site do not.
Product Type: consumer product

SUGGESTEDRefillable correction tape

★★★★

Refillable correction tape Try correction tape because some correction fluids contain the solvent naptha, which may cause cancer.

Category:Correction tape
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Product Type: consumer product

SUGGESTEDFree recycled paint from Recology

Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
When to use it : According to Recology, their recycled paint tends to be good quality because it’s thicker than most: - New paint because when paint is stored in people's homes for a long time, some of the water evaporates, increasing the proportion of solids. - Recyc ...

REQUIREDNon-paradichlorobenzene toilet / urinal deodorizers (ha...

These toilet / urinal deodorizers don't have para-dichlorobenzene a possible human carcinogen classified by the US EPA.

Guide for SF City Depts.: You’re REQUIRED by law to buy this if using City funds.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Continental
Product Type: institutional product

Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standardsSanitizers by Clean Well

Sanitizers by Clean Well Kills 99.99% of germs. Alcohol-free. Made from renewable plants such as thyme. Does not contain antibacterial products with triclosan which: - Creates a cancer-causing chemical, chloroform, when it mixes with chlorine in tap water. - A FDA advisory committee found provides no benefits over plain soap and water. - May encourage bacterial resistance to antibiotics. - Is linked to liver and inhalation toxicity, and low levels may disrupt thyroid function.

Category:Sanitizers
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Clean Well
Product Type: consumer product

SUGGESTEDSanitizers by EO

Sanitizers by EO Kills 99.99% of germs. Alcohol-free. Made from renewable plants such as thyme. Does not contain antibacterial products with triclosan which: - Creates a cancer-causing chemical, chloroform, when it mixes with chlorine in tap water. - A FDA advisory committee found provides no benefits over plain soap and water. - May encourage bacterial resistance to antibiotics. - Is linked to liver and inhalation toxicity, and low levels may disrupt thyroid function.

Category:Sanitizers
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): EO
Product Type: consumer product

Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standardsVarious products with no methylene chloride, trichloroe...

Check the product Material Safety Data Sheet so you can avoid: - METHYLENE CHLORIDE probable carcinogen. - TRICHLOROETHYLENE: probable carcinogen. - PERCHLOROETHYLENE: carcinogen.

Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.

Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standardsVarious brake cleaners without hexane

Ask the manufacturer for the product Material Safety Data Sheet so you can avoid hexane, a neurotoxin.

Category:Brake Cleaners
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.

Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standardsVarious degreasers without cancer-causing chemicals & r...

Ask the manufacturer for the product Material Safety Data Sheet so you can avoid cancer-causing chemicals & reproductive toxins in the CA Prop 65 list (e.g., toluene, n-propyl bromide and ethylbenzene).

Category:Degreasers
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.

Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standardsVarious non-aerosol products

Avoid aerosol cans. They can allow cancer-causing tiny droplets to easily enter your lungs, eyes, skin.

Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.

REQUIREDVarious LEDs by Wattman

LED lighting is more efficient, durable, and longer lasting than incandescent and fluorescents lighting. LEDs emit light in a specific direction, whereas an incandescent or fluorescent bulb emits light — and heat — in all directions. LED lighting uses both light and energy more efficiently.

Category:LEDs
Guide for SF City Depts.: You’re REQUIRED by law to buy this if using City funds.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Wattman
When to use it : Replace reading, accent or porch lights with LEDs.

REQUIREDVarious LEDs by Osram

LED lighting is more efficient, durable, and longer lasting than incandescent and fluorescents lighting. LEDs emit light in a specific direction, whereas an incandescent or fluorescent bulb emits light — and heat — in all directions. LED lighting uses both light and energy more efficiently.

Category:LEDs
Guide for SF City Depts.: You’re REQUIRED by law to buy this if using City funds.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Osram

REQUIREDVarious LEDs by Eiko

Various LEDs by Eiko LED lighting is more efficient, durable, and longer lasting than incandescent and fluorescents lighting. LEDs emit light in a specific direction, whereas an incandescent or fluorescent bulb emits light — and heat — in all directions. LED lighting uses both light and energy more efficiently.

Category:LEDs
Guide for SF City Depts.: You’re REQUIRED by law to buy this if using City funds.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Eiko
When to use it : Replace reading, accent or porch lights with LEDs.

REQUIREDXL-GR, X-LC, XL-W or other high-velocity hand dryer

XL-GR, X-LC, XL-W or other high-velocity hand dryer Saves trees, and uses 80% less energy than conventional hand dryers.

Guide for SF City Depts.: You’re REQUIRED by law to buy this if using City funds.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Xlerator or other
Product Type: institutional product

Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standardsRenewable Product (RP) 291

Composed of solvents with less toxicity and lower smog-forming Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) of less than 25g/l.

Category:Degreasers
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): SunEco Energy
When to use it : Can be used as degreaser; rust inhibitor; or vanishing oil for metalworking (e.g., stamping, blanking). Leaves a light coating of lubricant on the part during processing and then evaporates shortly thereafter.

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