Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.81
Liaison Stephan Classen
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2021

STARS v2.2

Cascadia College
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.40 / 1.00 Kathryn Beames
Sustainability Intern
Sustainability
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Total annual expenditures on office paper:
7,641.92 US/Canadian $

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 0 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 7,641.92 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 0 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 0 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled/100% label) 0 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:

2018-2019, FSC paper 30% recycled/post consumer, which is 100% of our paper purchases.


Website URL where information about the institution’s paper purchasing is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Requests for proposals for new copy machines specify the machine must be able to handle 100% recycled paper.

We also encourage faculty and staff to use electronic forms over paper forms whenever possible for students and internally. We have recently changed away from paper timesheets and hiring documents.


Requests for proposals for new copy machines specify the machine must be able to handle 100% recycled paper.

We also encourage faculty and staff to use electronic forms over paper forms whenever possible for students and internally. We have recently changed away from paper timesheets and hiring documents.

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