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Liaison Michelle Patterson
Submission Date March 6, 2020
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Washington University in St. Louis
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Jason Watson
Vice President
WFF Facilities Services
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Cleaning Products 

Total expenditures on cleaning products:
169,329.50 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on cleaning products that are Green Seal or UL ECOLOGO certified and/or Safer Choice labeled (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
110,678.20 US/Canadian $

Janitorial Paper Products 

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
156,289.90 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on janitorial paper products that are FSC, Green Seal, and/or UL ECOLOGO certified (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
142,346.90 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
77.71

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
The numbers provided reflect expenditures for Fiscal Year 2019 (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019). Data is campus wide, including the prefered soap and paper vendor for the School of Medicine and Danforth, and products sourced from WFF (custodial service contractor), and WashU residential housekeeping.

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