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Tompkins County’s green purchasing team reports progress on cleaning products, fleet electrification; flags outreach and staffing gaps
Summary
The county’s Environmentally Preferable Products team told legislators it has made progress — including near‑100% green cleaning purchases, a Green Building policy and pilot reuse efforts — but staff capacity and decentralized purchasing limit wider adoption; staff proposed internal trials and resources for departments.
On Sept. 5, 2025, the Planning, Energy and Environmental Quality Committee reviewed the 2024 annual report for the county’s Environmentally Preferable Products (EPP) program and heard examples of progress and remaining barriers to broader green purchasing.
Kat (Recycling/Materials Management) summarized program activity. The EPP team, created under county procurement policy 0607, includes representatives from administration, facilities, ITS, planning and sustainability, and purchasing. The team’s charge includes developing sustainable procurement tools, incorporating green specifications into bid language and submitting an annual report to the county…
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