Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.17
Liaison Jeane Pope
Submission Date March 4, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

DePauw University
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.12 / 2.00 Anthony Baratta
Assistant Director for Sustainability
Academic Affairs
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase recycled content office paper?:
No

The URL where the recycled paper policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

Paper purchased through the University's Service Center is at least 30 percent post-consumer recycled waste per guidelines established after a researched recommendation in 2007. Departments ordering their own paper are not required to purchase recycled content.


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 :
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
25,107 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
42.68 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 :
14.49 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
127,722 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Our data is from 2012-2013. We purchased $25,993 from one vendor and $101,729 from another vendor.


Our data is from 2012-2013. We purchased $25,993 from one vendor and $101,729 from another vendor.

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