Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.95
Liaison Julie Plummer
Submission Date June 15, 2011
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STARS v1.0

Eastern Iowa Community College District
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.09 / 2.00 Suteesh Tandon
Director of Business Services
Administration
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase recycled content office paper?:
Yes

The URL where the recycled paper policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

EICCD purchases exclusively recycled content paper for general copy usage. The only non-recycled-content paper purchased is some colored and odd-sized paper. EICCD's request for Quotation clearly states that 30% Recycled Paper be quoted. Purchasing staff will of course reject any materials that do not meet the quote specifications. An example of a quote for office paper is provided in the public notes below.


Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on recycled paper)?:
Yes

Expenditures on 10-29 percent recycled-content office paper :
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
50,554.75 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper (required if claiming points for Part 2):
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
0 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
51,730.23 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Paper purchasing data is for FY2011. An example Request for Quotation for office paper is provided on the EICCD Sustainability Web Page.


Paper purchasing data is for FY2011. An example Request for Quotation for office paper is provided on the EICCD Sustainability Web Page.

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