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Commission approves Buy Green municipal report; library staff win award for phenol‑free receipt paper
Summary
The commission approved the updated Buy Green report for calendar year 2023 and honored Ruben Juarez (San Francisco Public Library) for leading a transition to phenol‑free receipt paper; staff reported 83% compliance with alcohol‑based hand sanitizer procurement requirements.
Staff presented the annual Buy Green (environmentally preferable purchasing) report and a focused data review of municipal hand‑sanitizer purchases. Gabriel Hernandez, an environmental analyst, told commissioners that 83% of hand sanitizers purchased under city term contracts were compliant with the requirement that products be alcohol‑based; noncompliance was concentrated in wipes containing benzalkonium chloride.
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