Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.55
Liaison Wendy Harness
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Delta College
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.87 / 2.00 Susan Nowicki
Manager of Business & Auxiliary Services
Business Services
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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 :

Delta College is committed to incorporating environmentally-conscious choices into purchasing and procurement processes. As part of this effort, requests for quotation, proposal and bids include a request for vendors to provide information on their company's green initiatives and eco-friendly purchasing practices. Companies that are able to supply environmentally preferable products and services, especially post-consumer recycled materials, that meet performance requirements, will be encouraged to offer them in bids and proposals.

Whenever practical, attention will be given to the environment through the evaluation of this methodology along with performance, life expectancy, quality and value for the money.

Whenever possible, practical and feasible, Delta College will choose products that are:

•the most energy efficient, including Energy Star rated products
•have a high recycled content, especially post-consumer recycled content
•reduce solid waste
•are the least environmentally damaging through their life cycle
•are made or grown locally


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 :
60,768 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
13,970 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
3,261 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 :
1,322 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
84,321 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

All copier paper is chlorine-free and is purchased through certified FSC vendors. One hundred percent (100%) of paper expenditures are centrally tracked.


All copier paper is chlorine-free and is purchased through certified FSC vendors. One hundred percent (100%) of paper expenditures are centrally tracked.

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