Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 55.77
Liaison Susan Kaspari
Submission Date July 16, 2022

STARS v2.2

Central Washington University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.62 / 1.00 Jake Kuckuck
Custodial Operations Manager
CWU Facilities Management
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
57,778.96 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
21,131.87 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
59,274.61 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
50,914.66 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
Central Washington University fiscal year is July 1st to June 30th.

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
61.55

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial 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:
Custodial supplies:
Housing and academic custodial both use green seal floor stripper. Academic custodial also only uses green seal 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 are FSC cert.

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