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Eco-friendly office supplies : Post-it notes : final report

University of British Columbia. Sustainability Office

The purpose of the Eco-Friendly Post-it Note Project is to help determine which Post-it note product is the most sustainable and should be purchased by UBC for use by the staff. Recently, UBC purchased 50 units of the eco-friendly Post-it notes and 331 units of the standard Post-it notes. To determine the sustainability of each of these Post-it products, this report analyzes the paper and adhesives used in the Post-its with regards to its environmental, social and economic impacts. Based on this analysis, this report proposes that UBC switch from buying the eco-friendly product to the standard product. The eco-friendly Post-it notes that are being considered are made with 100% post-consumer paper. The eco-friendly product is option environmentally by saving energy in manufacturing and reducing pollutants. The eco-friendly post-it is the most. On the other hand, there is a significant cost increase to switch all of the standard Post-it notes to the eco-friendly product. For the social indicators we conducted a survey and the results show that there is no preference for which Post-it notes are used. In the end we determined that the significant cost increase outweighed the environmental benefits of switching to the eco-friendly Post-it notes. We recommend that all purchases of Post-it notes be switched to the standard which will cause a significant cost saving that can be used for other more impactful sustainable products.Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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University of British Columbia. APSC 261; UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0108827

Applied Science, Faculty of

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