Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	51.69
Liaison	Kelsey Beal
Submission Date	Jan. 5, 2011
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v1.0

Indiana University Bloomington
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.03 / 2.00	Tim Rice Director of Purchasing Administration Purchasing

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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:

http://www.indiana.edu/~purchase/policies/2_0.shtml

A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

Purchasing organizes and participates in campus events that highlight our green purchasing initiatives, including the use of recycled paper. We also promote this via occasional newsletter articles.

Over 50% of the paper that Indiana University - Bloomington uses is recycled paper. The Indiana University - Bloomington letterhead is made of 15% post-consumer recycled paper. Printing Services is the largest generator of good recyclable paper on campus.
(http://www.indiana.edu/~purchase/sustainable/university.shtml)

An example of a newsletter can be found at:
http://www.indiana.edu/~purchase/newsletter/epic/epic_0704.pdf

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 :

200,104 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :

360,599 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :

4,223 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper (required if claiming points for Part 2):

16,686 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :

35,584 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :

666,447 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Our actual spend for 7/09 – 2/10 are given as requested, with annualized numbers (projected for the year) listed below:

Expenditures on 10-29 percent recycled-content office paper
$300,156

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper
$540,898

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper
$6,335

Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper
$25,029

Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper
$53,671

Total expenditures on office paper $999,671

Data source(s) and notes about the submission