Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.81
Liaison Sb Loder
Submission Date Nov. 12, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

The College of Wooster
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.10 / 2.00 Sb Loder
Sustainability Coordinator
Grounds
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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 :

All paper purchasing is controlled through IT. We have standardized our paper ordering to offer one product to campus: Boise Aspen30, which is 30% recycled material. We worked with Office max and Boise Inc to obtain receive direct shipment from the manufacturer by ordering 5 pallets at a time, which directly reduces the carbon footprint of our orders by eliminating the supply chain.


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 :
36,273 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 :
36,273 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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