43 RCNY § 11-10 Green Cleaning Product Categories.
§ 11-10 Green Cleaning Product Categories.
(a) (1) No agency shall purchase and use bathroom cleaners, degreasers, general purpose cleaners, or glass cleaners, unless such cleaning products comply with the standards set forth by one of the following third-party programs:
(i) Green Seal;
(ii) EcoLogo;
(iii) United States environmental protection agency's design for the environment program; and/or
(iv) New York State office of general services green cleaning program.
(2) (i) Except as provided for in subdivisions (a)(2)(ii) and (a)(2)(iii) of this section, no agency shall purchase and use any air freshener product containing volatile organic compounds exceeding the maximum percentage specified below.
Product Maximum Percentage (%) of Volatile Organic Compounds by Weight
Double Phase Aerosols 25
Single Phase Aerosols 30
Dual Purpose Air Fresheners/Disinfectant Aerosols 60
Liquid/Pump Sprays 18
Solids/Semi-Solid 3
(ii) The maximum percentage of volatile organic compounds contained in any air freshener product listed in subdivision (a)(2)(i) of this section shall not apply to any air freshener product:
(A) identified as LVP-VOC, or
(B) that is comprised entirely of fragrance and does not contain any of the following compounds:
• carbon monoxide;
• carbon dioxide;
• carbonic acid;
• metallic carbides or carbonates;
• ammonium carbonate;
• methane, including methylene chloride (dichloromethane), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform), trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12), 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113), 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (CFC-114), chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115), chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-dichloroethane (HCFC-123), 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b), 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b), 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124), trifluoromethane (HFC-23), 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134), 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a), pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a), 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a), ethoxy-nonafluorobutane (HFE 7200), cyclic, branched, or linear completely methylated siloxanes, and the following classes of perfluorocarbons:
• cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes;
• cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated ethers with no unsaturations;
• cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines with no unsaturations; and
• sulfur-containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with the sulfur bonds to carbon and fluorine;
• acetone;
• ethane;
• methyl acetate;
• parachlorobenzotrifluoride (1-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl benzene); and
• perchlorethylene (tetrachlorethylene).
(iii) No agency shall purchase and use any solid or semi-solid air freshener product containing para-dichlorobenzene.
(3) No agency shall purchase and use disinfectant or sanitizer unless such product is registered under the federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act.
(b) Agencies shall transition to the use of green cleaning products identified in subdivision (a) of this section in a manner that avoids the waste of existing inventories, enables the training of personnel in appropriate green cleaning work practices, and provides for the gradual phase-out of products and practices inconsistent with the use of environmentally preferable purchasing alternatives.
(c) This section shall not apply to products purchased or leased by any contractor pursuant to any contract with any agency.