Printed materials

Criteria

Paper-based materials should be kept to a minimum. Further reading and background materials should be made available electronically.

Paper-based deliverables required for in-class or in-conference work should be printed double-sided, contain a minimum of 30% post-consumer recycled content, and FSC or SFI certified or equivalent. Additional points will be awarded for greater than 30% content recycled paper. Alternative paper types, such as those made from agricultural residues (e.g. sugarcane bagasse) may also be used. Print only the quantity of materials needed, and no more.

Binding should be environmentally preferable as demonstrated by, but not limited to:

• Stapling thin documents once in the top left corner instead of binding them
• Using comb-type (e.g., Cerlox) binding over spiral-type binding (for ease of separating to shred and recycle)
• Binders, where required, should be free from adhered labels (for ease of re use) and made of post-consumer recycled content

Sample RFx questions

• Describe the strategies that will be used to utilize electronic documents rather than paper-based.
• If using paper-based materials, provide details on how the materials will be produced.
• Describe the proposed methodology for ensuring that paper-based materials are kept to a minimum.