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Ohio Green Product Company LocatorLocate Ohio green product companies by product type or by county. USDA Biopreferred^SM Program Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal ProcurementAn overview of the USDA BioPreferred^SM Program guidelines for classifying biobased products and Federal procurement of such products. USDA BioPreferred^SM CatalogThis catalog is the official USDA BioPreferred^SMProgram list of products designated for preferred procurement status. Currently this consists of products that fit into items from Rounds 1 through 4. The number of products in this catalog will increase as more items gain preferred procurement status. Forms & RegistrationLinks to business and Federal Government organizations important to the UDSA BioPreferred^SM Program procurement process. Green Products Contact InformationHow to contact Northwest Ohio Green Products representatives.

USDA Biopreferred Program
Product Category Specification Sheet
for
Films

Governing Federal Regulation:

Product Definition:

(1) Products that are used in packaging, wrappings, linings, and other similar applications.

(2) Films for which preferred procurement applies are:

Minimum Qualifying Biobased Carbon Content:

Semi-durable films - 45%, by weight, of total organic carbon
Non-durable films - 85%, by weight, of total organic carbon

Federal Agency Compliance Date:

5/14/2009

EPA Regulatory Overlap:

Plastic Trash Bags

Exempt Product Applications:

NA

Comments:

Biobased semi-durable film products within this designated item can compete with plastic trash bags products with recycled content. Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, section 6002, the US EPA designated plastic trash bags containing recovered materials as items for which Federal agencies must give preference in their purchasing programs. The designation can be found in the Comprehensive Procurement Guideline, 40 CFR 247.16. EPA provides recovered materials content recommendations for plastic trash bags in the May 1, 1995 Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN I). The RMAN recommendations can be found at http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/procure/products.htm.

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