§ 7B-4. Green procurement.

There is herein established a "Green Procurement Policy" for the Town of Brookhaven. Pursuant to the authority granted to the Director of the Office of Purchasing herein, he/she shall implement green procurement as provided in this section to help the Town's departments, offices and/or divisions prevent waste and pollution by the consideration of products that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose.

A. 

Within one year of the effective date of this chapter and within each year thereafter, to the extent that there are available standard specifications for environmentally preferable products that have been established by a green purchase guide, as described in this subsection, the Director shall select specifications, after considering the recommendations of the committee established by this subsection, for the green procurement of three materials or products in each of the following categories:

(1) 

Paper office supplies.

(2) 

Non-paper office supplies.

(3) 

Office equipment.

(4) 

Cleaning supplies.

(5) 

Food service products.

(6) 

Building construction products.

(7) 

Park and recreational products.

(8) 

Exterior site work and landscaping products.

(9) 

Vehicle and vehicle maintenance products.

(10) 

Road and transportation products.

B. 

A committee comprised of one representative of each of the following Town offices, departments and/or divisions: Purchasing, Recycling and Sustainable Materials Management, and Parks and Recreation and Sports, and Cultural Resources, as well as two members of environmental or conservation organizations, appointed by the Town Board, shall recommend to the Director the specifications for such materials or products. In recommending such specifications, such committee shall use the environmental standards established by a green purchase guide, including but not limited to the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide, the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Purchasing Guide, Green Seal Responsible Purchasing Network, Building Green, Incorporated's GreenSpec Directory, or the Environmental Choice EcoLogo Program.

[Amended 6-29-2017 by L.L. No. 16-2017, effective 7-13-2017]

C. 

The Director shall use the specifications selected pursuant to Subsection B of this section when soliciting bids for any materials to which they apply, and shall require any bidder to offer for sale to the Town only those items meeting such specifications; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as requiring the acquisition of environmentally preferable products that do not perform adequately for their intended use, exclude adequate competition, or are only available at a prohibitive cost and are not available in a reasonable amount of time.

D. 

Polystyrene. No Town funds shall be used to purchase any polystyrene foam food packaging unless there is no alternative food packaging that performs adequately for its intended use or that is available at a reasonable price in a reasonable period of time.

E. 

The Director shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.

F. 

Reporting requirement. Within 30 days after each anniversary date of the effective date of this section, the Director shall submit a report to the Town Board including, but not limited to a list of environmentally preferable products for which procurement specifications have been selected pursuant to this section as well as information about green procurement by the Town during the preceding year.