Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.11
Liaison Cindy Shea
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.92 / 2.00 Martha Pendergrass
Director
Procurement Services
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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:
None
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :
North Carolina General Statute 143-58.3 encourages State institutions to spend at least 50 percent of the total purchases for paper in a fiscal year on paper with recycled content. The University's standard for all office paper purchases is a minimum of 30 percent post-consumer recycled content. Purchasing Services monitors progress with quarterly performance reports.

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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 :
953,181 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
643,906 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
19,807 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 :
31,093 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on office paper :
1,769,906 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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