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Marcia Deegler makes a difference
"The purchasers and end users needed to see, touch, and try the greener products from local manufacturers and vendors and be able to explain any concerns about quality, performance, or availability" - Marcia Deegler
Marcia Deegler, a green purchasing pioneer with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Environmentally Preferable Procurement (EPP) program since 1995, retired at the end of February after 19 years with the program, including 13 as its director. She left behind a green purchasing program widely recognized as one of the most innovative and successful in North America, an extensive collection of green purchasing tools, and legions of green purchasing advocates around the world. Program History Massachusetts’ EPP...
