In the interest of respecting and preserving our environment and the health of the people who inhabit it, Tulane’s Environment and Medicine Committee asks that you sign a pledge saying that it will be your department or group's policy to:

• Use at least 30% post-consumer recycled paper in all department printers, copiers, and copy or printing orders from all suppliers as often as economically feasible.
• Have and use a departmental paper-recycling bin for white paper only, no shredded or color paper. Please compile into one bin per department and call Housekeeping for pick-up.
• Look for ways to reduce paper waste within your department (including posting things on the web, using double-sided copying, reducing margins, font size, and line spacing etc.)

These are three very simple things that can have a significant impact on your budget as well as the environment. Following the environmental principles of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” has always been economical in the long-term, but we are working with other departments in Tulane to make it even more affordable in the short-run. For example:

• Tulane Printshops in the Medical School and Tidewater Buildings offer copies on 30% post-consumer recycled paper at the EXACT SAME LOW PRICE. For copies ordered through departments or via an IT the price for copies is 5 cents a page - however if you request double-sided copying, the second page will only cost 4 cents. For cash orders, the cost is 7 cents per page (no discount on the second page). The Printshops also carry colored recycled paper (30% post-consumer pastel paper, 10 cents/page; 20% bright colored paper, 12 cents/page).

• Office Depot offers its own brand of 35% post-consumer recycled paper at the EXACT SAME LOW PRICE as its virgin paper - $21.44/carton. They also offer Great White brand 30% post-consumer at $23.00/carton.

• Tulane Purchasing is looking into supplying departments that currently buy from their stores with some higher-percentage recycled paper. Contact Mr. William Van Cleave at wvanclea@tulane.edu for more information.

• Reducing margins, font size, and line spacing can greatly decrease the amount of paper used by your department - simply change the page settings in whichever word processing program you use (and save them as your template) and watch the number of pages magically decrease!

• More and more students, faculty, and staff are using the web as a resource - consider sending important announcements via email or posting them on a webpage. And if you post class or other materials on your page that many people will print out on their own, please make the spacing and font size amenable to printing - or post a pdf option so that others do not have to spend their time reducing the amount of paper used in printing out. If you need help setting up pdf files, please contact the Photography and Digital Imaging Department at photo@tulane.edu - they also have a good deal on the required software.

• If your department does not have a bin, please contact us at cmig@tulane.edu. If you would like to report that your bin is full and needs to be emptied, please contact Lita Baptiste in Medical School Housekeeping at 588-5552 or Carol Ardenaux, the Tidewater Building Manager, at 585-6100. Once collected, the paper is recycled by Legacy, Inc.

We ask you to either sign and enforce the pledge or tell us why you cannot, so that we can help you to make it possible.

If you have any further questions on the Full Circle Pledge or environmental practices at Tulane, please contact Jacquie Firth or Amy Vaughn at cmig@tulane.edu.

Department: ______________________________ Signer: ___________________________________