Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.51
Liaison Mat Thijssen
Submission Date Nov. 6, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Waterloo
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.21 / 1.00 Mat Thijssen
Sustainability Manager
Sustainability Office
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Total expenditures on office paper :
277,341 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 118,801 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 55,139 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) 11,820 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:
4.26

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
This is a full audit of all paper purchases for the 2017 calendar year

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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The above includes all products purchased for University departments through the two primary paper providers to campus. It does not include any purchases made by departments that were not through those providers or student paper purchase from other locations, as that data does not traceable.

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