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The credit language says we need to track paper (printing or copy paper, notebooks, notepads, envelopes), toner cartridges, binders, batteries and desk accessories. Is that everything we have to track for this credit?

We purchased hundreds of ongoing consumables items during our performance period. Do we have to enter each discrete purchase into the LEED Online credit form?

Our organization has a centralized purchasing program that buys products for several buildings, including the one pursuing LEED-EBOM certification. It’s difficult to track which ongoing consumable goods purchases are used in the EBOM building versus the

Purchasing for our organization takes place in the EBOM project building, but not all ongoing consumable goods that are purchased end up being used there. Should we include all of the purchases in MRc1?

We have multiple tenants in our building, some of which are nonresponsive to requests for purchasing records. Can we exclude their purchases?

Does a signed letter from a product manufacturer that states the sustainability criteria met by a particular product count as acceptable LEED documentation?

Do manufacturer claims about the average recycled content, etc. in all its products count as acceptable LEED documentation? For example, a toner cartridge website says that the average post-consumer recycled content is 90% across all its toner products.

Lots of products we purchase seem like they could be tracked in two different purchasing credits. For example, toilet tissue seem like an ongoing consumable since it’s replaced frequently at a low cost per unit (MRc1), but it’s also used for our green

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EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumables

Sending toners/cartridges back to the remanufacturer

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 sustainable choice. So, can we include the toners/cartridges that are sent back to the manufacturer as satisfying the criterion for sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables for this credit even if they don't satisfy the following EPP criteria: 1. containing at least 10% postconsumer and/or 20% postindustrial material; 2. containing at least 50% rapidly renewable material; 3. containing at least 50% materials harvested, extracted, and processed within 500 miles of the facility; 4. consisting of at least 50% Forest Stewardship Council certified paper products; 5. or rechargeable batteries.

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Barry Giles
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Tue, 07/15/2014 - 16:10

Vivek. The simple answer is yes you can quantify the amount of toner cartridges sent back as part of your re-cycling content under MRc7. This credit is only interested in what is re-cycled not what is purchased, however we are always looking to purchase items that CAN be recycled and here the toner industry already has a good handle on what it takes to accomplish this with several prepackaged return to manufacturer options, several outside contractors who take cartridges back and refill etc. Obviously the weight of these cartridges is very small but at least you are counting them!

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