Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.08
Liaison Carrie Metzgar
Submission Date May 18, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

University of California, San Diego
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.93 / 2.00 Edward Johnson
Senior Director, Chief Procurement Officer
BFS-Procureents/Contracts
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase recycled content office paper?:
Yes

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The URL where the recycled paper policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :
Paper is purchased through UC system-wide strategically sourced contracts. Paper provided to campus multifunctional printers and copiers is solely 30% recycled product. As of May 2010, 81% is at least 30% post-consumer recycled content.

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

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Expenditures on 10-29 percent recycled-content office paper :
6,246.28 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
489,174.70 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
10,963.60 US/Canadian $

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

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Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
4,654.04 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on office paper :
719,003 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
These figures include paper purchases from the two largest paper suppliers at UC San Diego: Imprints and Business Financial Services-Storehouse.

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