Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.28
Liaison Katie Koscielak
Submission Date April 21, 2017
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Cal Poly Humboldt
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.96 / 1.00 Morgan King
Sustainability & Waste Coordinator
Facilities Management
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Total expenditures on office paper :
64,439 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 1,857.47 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 138.69 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 755.84 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) 60,279.90 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:
93.55

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
FY 15-16 (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016)

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Humboldt State’s 100% Recycled Paper Policy (http://www2.humboldt.edu/paperpolicy/) requires campus departments to use 100% post-consumer waste, process chlorine free office paper for letter size general use white paper for copiers and printers. As an alternative, departments can purchase a tree-free alternative (e.g. TreeFrog, a bagasse paper). HSU Marketing & Communications does bulk purchasing of 100% recycled paper and bagasse paper for departments. Some departments also purchase paper through Office Max and Staples. HSU participates in the State of California’s State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign (SABRC) and reports to the State on recycled content of paper and other purchases. For this credit, the reporter reviewed Marketing & Communications’ paper order log, Staples’ Customer Report that summarizes environmental attributes of purchases, OfficeMax Recycled Report Account, and purchasing reports from auxiliaries such as HSU Housing and the University Center.

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