South Dakota's procurement laws include an environmentally preferred procurement policy.  The policy states that any agency making purchases shall, to the extent practicable, purchase products that:

• are designed to conserve energy or water;
• are biobased;
• contain recycled or recovered materials; or
• are maintenance products that minimize impact to human health or the environment.

The state's Office of Procurement Management determines whether a product meets the environmentally preferred policy in law by using existing certification programs, including:

• Energy Star;
• Green Seal;
• Ecologo;
• WaterSense;
• Design for the Enviroment; and
• BioPreferred.

Contact a purchasing specialist at the Office of Procurement Management for information on environmentally preferred products.

South Dakota's laws and administrative rules regarding environmentally preferred procurement are available online:

• Environmentally preferred product law;
• Definition of environmentally preferred product;
• Procurement procedures in administrative rule.

General information about environmentally preferred procurement is available from:

• The U.S. General Services Administration's environmental product overview;
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's environmentally preferable purchasing overview; and
• The Responsible Purchasing Network.