IACT - Energy for Service and Source Well Procurement
Associated Project(s):
Good morning, Mike!
Great to hear from you. Absolutely can provide you with some additional information on both of those procurement pathways:
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Projects Updates for Sustainable Procurement
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Connecting Gina and Daphne: Thrift store idea?
Associated Project(s):Hi Gina,
Paper purchasing data?
Associated Project(s):Hi Dan,
F&S Policy on Recylced Paper
Associated Project(s):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."
Attached is the policy document.
Reminder: Environmentally Preferable Procurement (EPP) follow-up
Associated Project(s):Hi all,
Free Webinar - Conscious Consumerism
Associated Project(s):Do you want to ensure that your spending is ethical and making a positive impact on the world? Is being mindful about where your money goes important to you? This webinar provides the tools you need to think critically about your own consumption. Learn how you can align your own behaviors with your personal values and goals. Registration required.
Zero Waste SWATeam Meeting: 26 February 2021
Associated Project(s):The meeting which took place on 26 February at 4PM (CDT) discussed the following:
- Reusable dining options (Follow-up to Feb 12 guest presentation)
- Reusable dining options (Recommendation)
- Elimination of virgin paper at F&S Stores
- Food Literacy Project
Sustainability Benefits of using iBuy
Associated Project(s):The main purpose to transition to iBuy is it will promote a sustainable process (e.g. no more paper, toner, postage, delivery, etc). Purchase Orders (PO) through Banner have historically been printed and mailed to vendors. For scope, here are Banner PO number over the last four fiscal years FY17 = 7,804, FY18 = 7,368, FY19 = 7,537, and FY20 = 5,669 (2 months remain in the fiscal year). In a conservative estimation, say each PO is 10 pages. This alone would have been 75,370 sheets of paper. This doesn’t consider the toner, postage or delivery emissions.
Seeking participants who are passionate about sustainable consumer products
Associated Project(s):Seeking participants who are passionate about sustainable consumer products
You can choose durable printing materials!
Associated Project(s):Document Services offers durable printing materials, which can reduce landfill waste.
1. Waterproof small and large format paper. (Cheaper than lamination, and recyclable!)
2. Cloth – yes, they can print on a cloth. For something large that has to travel, can be folded, and is used multiple times.
recycled content paper resources
Associated Project(s):Here are some references, provided by Eric Benson, on recycled paper/environmentally sourced recycled paper.
Meeting Minutes for iWG Meeting July 2, 2019
Associated Project(s):These are the meeting minutes of the July 2, 2019 Illinois Climate Action Plan Working Group. Several SWATeam recommendations were assessed in this meeting.
SWATeam minutes May 9, 2016
Associated Project(s):Minutes from the Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling SWATeam on May 9, 2016. The meeting covered several topics, and was the last meeting with Bart Bartels in attendance.
ASU presentation on sustainable purchasing
Associated Project(s):see file
Notes from discussion with Central Stores
Associated Project(s):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.