Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.76
Liaison Krista Bailey
Submission Date July 29, 2011
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STARS v1.0

Pennsylvania State University
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.69 / 2.00 Shelley McKeague
Environmental Compliance Specialist
Engineering Services
"---" 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 :

We include our environmental policy and requirements on all our bids and purchase orders, and do not accept product or include vendors who do not meet these requirements.


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 :
138,311 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
1,221 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 :
6,760 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
503,723 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Additional information on Purchasing website:

http://www.purchasing.psu.edu/environmental.shtml


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