Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 34.50
Liaison Susan Kaspari
Submission Date July 17, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Central Washington University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 1.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total expenditures on cleaning products:
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on cleaning products that are Green Seal or UL ECOLOGO certified and/or Safer Choice labeled (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
0 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on janitorial paper products that are FSC, Green Seal, and/or UL ECOLOGO certified (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
0 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
0

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):

Central Washington University fiscal year is July 1st to June 30th.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

We were not able to acquire total expenditure data for cleaning and janitorial purchasing. We were able to get the following information:

Custodial supplies:
Housing and academic custodial both use green seal floor stripper. Academic custodial also only uses green seal wax. Last year CWU spent about $6000 on wax.

Paper products:
For housing and academic custodial, CWU purchases roughly >5% paper product that is not green seal or FSC cert., 2-7% is green seal certified and 88-93% is FSC cert. All toilet paper in housing and academic buildings are either green seal or FSC cert. All paper towels in housing and academic buildings, except tri-fold in the health center, are FSC cert.


We were not able to acquire total expenditure data for cleaning and janitorial purchasing. We were able to get the following information:

Custodial supplies:
Housing and academic custodial both use green seal floor stripper. Academic custodial also only uses green seal wax. Last year CWU spent about $6000 on wax.

Paper products:
For housing and academic custodial, CWU purchases roughly >5% paper product that is not green seal or FSC cert., 2-7% is green seal certified and 88-93% is FSC cert. All toilet paper in housing and academic buildings are either green seal or FSC cert. All paper towels in housing and academic buildings, except tri-fold in the health center, are FSC cert.

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