| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.89 |
| Liaison | Natalie Sobrinski |
| Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2024 |
Muhlenberg College
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 1.00 |
Gabriela
Sympson Assistant to Chief Information Officer Office of Information Technology |
Total annual expenditures on electronics:
Expenditures on environmentally or socially preferable electronics:
| Expenditure Per Level | |
| EPEAT Gold registered and/or third party certified at the highest achievable level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard | 0 US/Canadian $ |
| EPEAT Silver registered and/or third party certified at mid-level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard | 0 US/Canadian $ |
| EPEAT Bronze registered and/or third party certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard | 0 US/Canadian $ |
| Labeled under a single-attribute standard | 335,767 US/Canadian $ |
Do the figures reported above include leased equipment?:
A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
One-year time period for fiscal year 21-22. July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022.
Website URL where information about the institution’s electronics purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Muhlenberg Make the following Recommendations for Appliances and Electronics:
- Equipment with energy efficiency and conservation features enabled.
Use rechargeable batteries rather than disposable batteries where possible.
- Require new computers, laptops, and monitors to meet Bronze registration or higher under the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool, with additional consideration given to electronics that meet Silver or Gold registration (EPEAT; www.epeat.net). Recycle all electronic waste in a responsible manner
- Give preferences to manufacturers who take back electronics for recycling at the end of their lifespan.
- Contract with a vendor who has signed the Electronics Recycler's Pledge of True
Stewardship (vendors found at http://www.ban.org/pledge/Locations.html) for additional electronic recycling (batteries, computers, etc.); provided the vendor meets any additional necessary requirements and certifications.
- Require a take-back program for packaging of electronics products, with preference to
those offering programs free of charge.
- Give preference to packaging that is reusable, minimizes use of hazardous and nonrecyclable materials, and is made of recycled post-consumer waste content and/or is biodegradable.
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