Buy green toolkit
This toolkit consists of tools aimed at helping Queensland Government purchasers to buy 'green products'.
Green or environmentally preferred products are defined as products that are less damaging for the environment and/or human health than competing products that serve the same purpose.
This comparison may consider the source of raw materials, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, potential for reuse and recycling, operation, maintenance, or disposal of the product. These may include:
- energy efficient and greenhouse friendly products;
- products that are water efficient and reduce water use;
- less toxic products to reduce health effects;
- products using less packaging or with provision for packaging take-back;
- products that use fewer resources or in other ways create reduced environmental impacts throughout their life cycle;
- products made from recycled materials, such as recycled road construction materials; and
- recycled green organics and recycled plastic products.
The toolkit consists of:
Last updated October 2006
