Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.55
Liaison Aaron Klemm
Submission Date Sept. 15, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

San Jose State University
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.97 / 2.00 Loren Lewis
Project Coordinator
Office of the President
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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:
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

Most of the recycled content paper products purchased by SJSU comes from our authorized office supply vendor Office Max. The Office Max website used by SJSU is designed for us and CSU campuses. Office Max offers a select group of products or will substitute products with ones that help fulfill the State and CSU's mandates to buy recycled content products.

Also, SJSU Purchasing Buyers have been instructed to ask vendors for recycle content paper options, when possible, in their solicitations to vendors.


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 :
250.62 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
103,881.16 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
9,839.76 US/Canadian $

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

Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
8,321.30 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
179,008.63 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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