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Key Objective: 71. Purchasing Policies to Support the Enviornment

Avoid environmentally irresponsible products and corporations by using carbon indicators in coordination with other universities, with minimum recycled content standards.

Associated Metric

6.1 Percent of Paper Purchased from OfficeMax with Recycled-Content

Explanation

"The Purchasing Division specifies and purchases products with recycled material content whenever comparable to products without recycled content. The Division also identifies frequently purchased items for which recycled content items can substitute."

Theme

Project History

  • 7/18/2023

    F&S Policy on the purchase of paper states that, "When purchasing paper for copiers and printers, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified products with a minimum of 30 percent recycled content must be selected."

  • 12/8/2022

    On December 8th, the Zero Waste iCAP team met to discuss a new approach to creating recommendations for next semester.