Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.67
Liaison Julie Newman
Submission Date Sept. 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.49 / 1.00 MIT Office of Sustainability
Director
Office of Sustainability
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Total annual expenditures on office paper:
344,691.53 US/Canadian $

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 739.22 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 2,079.95 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 0 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 192,416.26 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled/100% label) 14,836.81 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
This data only reflects office paper purchases from Staples, the campus' preferred office supply vendor. Purchase data covers the average time period from 2018-2020.

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