Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.20
Liaison Kate Witte
Submission Date Feb. 24, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Keene State College
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Diana Duffy
Energy Coordinator
Physical Plant
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase office paper that has recycled content and/or is certified to meet multi-criteria sustainability standards for paper?:
Yes

A copy of the paper purchasing policy, directive or guidelines:
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The paper purchasing policy, directive or guidelines:

KSC's office copy paper guidelines are to provide 100% recycled paper campus-wide.


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

Office and copier paper are generally distributed through our Central Stores department. Since 2002, our Central Stores has purchased 90% - 100% recycled content copier paper through our supplier contract.


Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on office paper)?:
Yes

Expenditures on office paper with the following levels of post-consumer recycled, agricultural residue, and/or FSC certified content::
Expenditure Per Level
10-29 percent 0 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 0 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 0 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 0 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) 24,938.49 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
24,938.49 US/Canadian $

The website URL where information about the paper purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

This covers KSC's office copy paper.
Colored or specialty paper is not covered in this total, as there is no centralized tracking for this information. Departments can purchase specialty papers with their purchasing (cards.

($$ total from a PO Line Item Report - DD)


This covers KSC's office copy paper.
Colored or specialty paper is not covered in this total, as there is no centralized tracking for this information. Departments can purchase specialty papers with their purchasing (cards.

($$ total from a PO Line Item Report - DD)

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