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SUGGESTEDVarious paper tape (e.g., masking, packaging)

Various paper tape (e.g., masking, packaging) Try paper tape because it can be recycled. Paper or envelopes cannot be recycled if they have plastic tape on them.

Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
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SUGGESTEDVarious reusable bags

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 : Save money when you bring your own bag.
Product Type: consumer product

SUGGESTEDVarious compostable or recyclable foodware and bags

Category:Foodware
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.

SUGGESTEDVarious stainless steel, ceramic, glass containers with...

Reusable, unlike polystyrene foam which contains hazardous substances and suspected carcinogens.

Category:Foodware
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

REQUIREDVarious recycled plastic liners for trash cans

Plastic bags that have a thickness of 0.7 mil or greater are required to meet either one of the following (per California Public Resources Code section 42290): o Plastic trash bags contain a quantity of plastic postconsumer material (RPPCM) equal to at least 10% of the weight of the regulated bags; or o At least 30% of the weight of material used in all of its plastic products is RPPCM. • The products and/or wholesalers must be on the most recent California Integrated Waste Management comp ...

Category:Trash bags
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.
When to use it : If you compost and recycle, you'll lower your trash bill and you won't need to buy trash bags. Your trash bin would only have dry, non-food items. Recycle everything at RecycleWhere.org in San Francisco or Earth911.org elsewhere.

Lid for 12oz Soup Container

Recyclable. Sepcification: Product#-Solo LVS512, Container lid, hot soup, white (12oz., for Solo VS512), (plastic dome type); 1.2M/CS

Category:Containers
Manufacturer(s): Solo Container Company
Product Type: Consumer product

12oz Paper Soup Container

Compostable, unlike polystyrene foam which containes hazardous substances and suspected carcinogens. Specifications: Product#-Solo VS512, Container, Hot Soup, paper, 12oz., "squat" type; 1.2M/CS

Category:Containers
Manufacturer(s): Solo Container Company
Product Type: Consumer product

REQUIRED20oz Paper Cup with certified compostable liner

Compostable, unlike polystyrene foam which contains hazardous substances and suspected carcinogens. Hot cup specification: Product#-Solo 420PLA, Hot Cup, 20oz size, w/certified compostable liner, 600/CS

Category:Hot Cups
Guide for SF City Depts.: You’re REQUIRED by law to buy this if using City funds.
Manufacturer(s): Solo Cup Company
Product Type: Consumer product

REQUIRED20oz Paper Cup

Compostable, unlike polystyrene foam which contains hazardous substances and suspected carcinogens. Hot cup specification: Product#-Solo 420W, Cup, Hot Drink, Paper, 20oz size, White, 600/CS

Category:Hot Cups
Guide for SF City Depts.: You’re REQUIRED by law to buy this if using City funds.
Manufacturer(s): Solo Cup Company
Product Type: Consumer Product

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.

SUGGESTEDVarious bags labeled "compostable"

★★★★

If you compost, does it lower your garbage bill? Yes. Do "biodegradable" bags actually compost? No. So buy products labeled “compostable” with a logo from Biodegradable Products Institute, Din Certco AIB Vinçotte Inter (Belgium), Japan Bioplastics Association or Australian Environmental Labeling Association. They prove bags meets these standards of compostability: ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868, ISO 17088, DIN EN 13432, or AS 4736-2006.

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 : Use it for compost, not trash.

REQUIREDVarious Energy Star LEDs by Sylvania

Various Energy Star LEDs by Sylvania An Energy Star bulb installed in a newborn's nursery won't have to be changed until s/he graduates from college (25,000 hours, based on normal use). LEDs are more efficient, durable, and longer lasting than incandescents and fluorescents.

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.
When to use it : Replace incandescents with LEDs (e.g., screw-in, reading, accent, porch).

REQUIREDVarious Energy Star LEDs by GE

Various Energy Star LEDs by GE An Energy Star bulb installed in a newborn's nursery won't have to be changed until s/he graduates from college (25,000 hours, based on normal use). LEDs are more efficient, durable, and longer lasting than incandescents and fluorescents.

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.
When to use it : Replace incandescents with LEDs (e.g., screw-in, reading, accent, porch).

REQUIREDVarious Energy Star LEDs by Philips

Various Energy Star LEDs by Philips An Energy Star bulb installed in a newborn's nursery won't have to be changed until s/he graduates from college (25,000 hours, based on normal use). LEDs are more efficient, durable, and longer lasting than incandescents and fluorescents.

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.
When to use it : Replace incandescents with LEDs (e.g., screw-in, reading, accent, porch).

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.
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

SUGGESTEDVarious refillable correction tape

★★★★

Various refillable correction tape Try correction tape because some correction fluids contain the solvent naptha, which may cause cancer. Not all are refillable so make sure yours is.

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.

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