Greening Government Information
Florida Statute 403.714 (Duties of State Agencies)
reads
that each state agency, the judicial branch of state
government and the state university shall: (a) establish a
program in cooperation with the Department of
Management Services for the collection of all recyclable materials
generated in state offices and institutions throughout the state,
including, at a minimum, aluminum, high-grade office paper, and
corrugated cardboard. The purpose of the “Greening Florida Government”
program is to get the word out on the importance of recycling and what
better group to start with than state employees. The Greening Florida
Government program is an effort put forth by the Department of
Environmental Protection to encourage our co-workers to reduce, reuse,
and recycle, thus saving the state money. We are also encouraging
Green Procurement-the act of purchasing products made of recycled
content. Practicing green procurement demonstrates an organizations
commitment to considering and minimizing the environmental
consequences of its activities. Green procurement can also offer
savings, in particular, buying “green” usually involves products that
are easily recycled, last longer and produce less waste. Money is
therefore saved on waste disposal.
Purpose:
- Recycling benefits the environment by conserving natural resources, saving energy, reducing pollution, and saving landfill space.
- Recycling activities employs more than 500,000 workers and
produce final products worth more than $50 billion.
- The amount of energy required to recycle materials is much less
than that required to produce and refine virgin material. This
reduces annual energy costs by more than $15 billion.
- By promoting recycling and the need to reuse, recycle and buy
recycled products we hope to significantly reduce the amount of waste
going to landfill sites.
- Without the demand for products made from recycled materials we
will struggle to achieve recycling targets.
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