The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 1782)
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§ 1782. Environmentally preferable cleaning products
(a) A distributor or manufacturer of cleaning products shall sell, offer for sale, or
distribute to a school, school district, supervisory union, or procurement consortium
only:
(1) environmentally preferable cleaning products utilized by the Department of Buildings
and General Services under State contracts; or
(2) cleaning products certified as environmentally preferable by an independent third
party.
(b) A person who contracts with a school, school district, or supervisory union to provide
cleaning services for a school only shall use a cleaning product that meets the requirements
of subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to regulate the sale, use, or distribution
of antimicrobial pesticides.
(d) A distributor or manufacturer of cleaning products shall provide a green cleaning
training to each school district it provides with environmentally preferable cleaning
products, provided the training is incurred at no cost to the school district. (Added 2011, No. 68 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a.)