Ken Merrill gave an example of paper purchases:

This year he has purchased 33,500 reams of virgin paper, 1073 reams with 30% recycled content, and 180 with 100% recycled content.  The means for this year 96.4 of the paper purchased through Central Stores has no recycled content. 

• Computer purchasing commitment for EPEAT products does not exist although some colleges may have one.
• Vendor Code of Conduct – Ken does not know of one.
• Environmental Indicators for purchasing – None other than possibly regarding diversity.
• Uses Life-Cycle Analysis – No
• Incorporate disposal costs into the product costs – No
• Minimum recycling standards – No
• Green Cleaning Products – Yes, everything is green seal certified

He said he was happy to purchase whatever the units want, but they have to want it.