Purchasing
Pacific's purchasing department has recently updated our contract with Office Depot, and expanded the range of recyclable materials that our staff has to choose from - including such items as toner, paper and pens. And as an integral part of our campus business community, they are keeping us up-to-date on all of our green purchasing initiatives.
We are drafting a sustainability questionnaire for vendors so that we can choose our supplies and services from the greenest companies possible.
Pacific also has a very strong surplus program. Usable items that are no longer needed are held in a surplus inventory, and the university sends out regular e-notices about the items available. They are first offered to the campus, and then to charities. And at the end of every semester when students move out of the dorms the Housing and Physical Plant Departments collect students' leftovers and donate them to charity.
Links of Interest:
Purchasing Contacts
Office Depot Green Book 
Energy Star: ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool): EPEAT is a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes. EPEAT also provides a clear and consistent set of performance criteria for the design of products, and provides an opportunity for manufacturers to secure market recognition for efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its products.
