Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.79
Liaison Larry Cook
Submission Date Dec. 4, 2020
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of South Carolina
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 1.00 Tracy Fountain
Procurement Specialist
Purchasing Department
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Total expenditures on office paper :
21,229 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on office paper with the following levels of post-consumer recycled, agricultural residue, and/or FSC certified content::
Expenditure Per Level
10-29 percent 0 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 0 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 0 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 0 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) 0 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on office paper that is 90-100 percent post-consumer recycled and/or agricultural residue content and/or FSC Recycled label:
0

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
July 1, 2018 to March 18, 2019

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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
It is difficult to separate just paper order from paper and office supplies. No system in place to analyze office paper purchasing on such a large scale. 20+ offices and departments are certified under the University's Green Office Certification requiring them to only purchase 50% Recycled Copy paper or better.

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