| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.45 |
| Liaison | Keisha Payson |
| Submission Date | May 8, 2024 |
Bowdoin College
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.41 / 1.00 |
Keisha
Payson Sustainability Director Sustainable Bowdoin |
Total annual expenditures on office paper:
Expenditures on office paper with the following levels of post-consumer recycled, agricultural residue, and/or FSC certified content::
| Expenditure Per Level | |
| 10-29 percent | 52.69 US/Canadian $ |
| 30-49 percent | 11,658.43 US/Canadian $ |
| 50-69 percent | 2,917 US/Canadian $ |
| 70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) | 0 US/Canadian $ |
| 90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled/100% label) | 7,018.79 US/Canadian $ |
A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
7/1/2021-6/30/2022 Before COVID-19, the campus was purchasing almost exclusively 100 percent recycled paper for regular office use across campus. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the supply of 100 percent recycled became very hard to purchase and what was available had gone way up in price. At that point, the campus was sourcing almost exclusively 30 percent recycled paper, but in recent times they are starting to purchase more 50 percent recycled while the 100 percent is still prohibitively expensive from our office supply vendor. The campus standard is currently to purchase a minimum of 30 percent recycled paper unless a specialty paper is required that doesn't come as recycled content.
Website URL where information about the institution’s paper purchasing is available:
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