Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.13
Liaison Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Oregon State University
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.93 / 2.00 Bo Bestvina
Sustainability Program Evaluator
Facilities
"---" 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 :

Printing and Mailing Services has been a strong advocate for sustainability practices for many years. We do not stock any virgin papers and only purchase them as a special order item. We partner with FSC certified offset printers and the majority of the jobs we project manage are printed with the logo indicating it was produced in an FSC print shop and at the very least on recycled stock. Several times over the past five years we have offered 100% recycled stock for the same price as 30% recycled stock in a partnership with Business Services helping with the difference in price.


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 :
23,900 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
197,550 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 :
65,150 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
514,000 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The following description was provided by Cheryl Lyons, Associate director of Printing and Mailing Services at OSU


The following description was provided by Cheryl Lyons, Associate director of Printing and Mailing Services at OSU

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