Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.69
Liaison Susan Dorward
Submission Date July 31, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Raritan Valley Community College
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.74 / 1.00 Susan Dorward
Sustainability and Energy Coordinator
Facilities and Grounds
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Total expenditures on cleaning products:
8,283.99 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on cleaning products that are Green Seal or UL ECOLOGO certified and/or Safer Choice labeled (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
3,571.07 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
10,175.33 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on janitorial paper products that are FSC, Green Seal, and/or UL ECOLOGO certified (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
10,175.33 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
74.47

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):

Numbers are from 1/1 through 5/30 2019.


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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data is from Michael DePinto in Purchasing for 1/1/19-5/30/19. Purchasing was verified by Nely Diaz, head of Housekeeping. Hand soap assumed to be 1/3 of G&B Janitorial expenses. Bath tissues and roll towels from G&B are Green Seal. C-Fold towels from WB Mason are Green Seal. Cleaning products from Bio-Shine are Ecologo.


Data is from Michael DePinto in Purchasing for 1/1/19-5/30/19. Purchasing was verified by Nely Diaz, head of Housekeeping. Hand soap assumed to be 1/3 of G&B Janitorial expenses. Bath tissues and roll towels from G&B are Green Seal. C-Fold towels from WB Mason are Green Seal. Cleaning products from Bio-Shine are Ecologo.

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