Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.04
Liaison Jennifer Kleindienst
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Wesleyan University
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.12 / 2.00 Olga Bookas
Purchasing Director
Finance and Administration
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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 :
In April 2008, Wesleyan instituted a policy which requires that 100% of copy paper purchases contain at least 30% post-consumer content. Wesleyan has a sole source for procurement of paper needs (WB Mason), which has enabled restrictions on their website to prevent the purchase of virgin paper.

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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 :
744 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
34,362 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
258 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 :
16,300 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on office paper :
73,500 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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