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Wide Format Paper - business required, no recycled options??

EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumables
posted by  Jennifer Fitts  on 

Our business uses large/wide format printing for design plans quite a bit and the paper has accounted for a large portion of our purchasing. I've gone to our vendors to see about recycled content p

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Tue Mar 29, 2011, 8:10 pm

Sending toners/cartridges back to the remanufacturer

EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumables
posted by  Vivek Singla  on 

In the implementation part of LEED reference guide it is writen that buying a toner from a cartridge remanufacturer or an equipment supplier that will take spent cartriges back is considered a sust

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Tue Jul 15, 2014, 4:10 pm

soy based ink

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posted by  Melissa Merryweather  on 

Might seem obvious, but would soy-based inks qualify as rapidly renewable? I haven't seen mention of this anywhere.

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Mon Oct 31, 2011, 3:03 am

Non-direct Purchase Item

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posted by  Ran Zhang  on 

The project I am working for does not pay for any toner cartridges as they are included in the maintenance contract.

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Tue Jul 13, 2010, 4:09 pm

Convention Center

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posted by  Becky Stumm  on 

I'm working on a Convention Center project, and the largest ongoing consumables are: Paper towels, Toilet paper, Trash bags, Cleaning Chemicals, and Lamps. How do you document cleaning chemicals in

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Marketing materials + Retail items

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posted by  Haley Duncan  on 

Hi, must we include marketing materials in these calculations? We also have a small retail area with clothes and other items. Must we include all of these items as well?

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Wed Apr 22, 2015, 3:30 pm

Medical Supplies

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posted by  Aurélie Kazour  on 

I am working in a hospital trying to meet the Sustainable Purchasing standards.

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Mon Oct 27, 2014, 8:09 pm

Follow Up: Restaurant Consumable Documentation

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posted by  Nate Gillette  on 

Tristan - simply stating, the examples and what is commonly referred to as an ongoing consumable did not appear to address restaurant consumables.

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