List of Universities and Colleges that have trialled and or use recycled paper

Name of Institute and Contact / Successful or Unsuccessful Trial / Type of
Paper used / Type of Machines / Price
Negotiation /

Comments/Barriers

Leeds Metropolitan
Mark Warner
/ M-real's Evolve white 100% recycled / Use 216 tonnes of paper every year which is increasing about 2 tonnes a year
Bournemouth University
Amanda Williams. Environmental Officer
/ Successful trial of EP4 paper / University wide changes not in place yet / Ricoh / Not taken place / The printing company the university uses also use Evolve Business without any difficulty. Business case has been built. Have worked with WRAP’s RPA
Leeds University
Richard Lewis / Successful / Using Various inc
EP4 and Evolve / Successful negotiation on price because this is ordered as the preferred paper /
Office stationery suppliers have many other recycled products: pens, pencils, A4 pads etc. These should be publicised as well.
Swansea Institute of Higher Education
Elizabeth May
Phone: 01792 481143
/ Successful trial of EP4 / EP4 / Used on all machines since Oct 2005 / Negotiated price equivalent to Virgin Paper / Attended WRAP events and have found them and the WRAP consultant useful and encouraging.
University Of Bradford
Jaime Sullivan
/ Office Depot Environmental 3500 Range. For standard photocopying and printing / Various Sharp and Ricoh. Other small HP desktop / SNWP contract with Office Depot - 3500 recycled paper is same price as virgin equivalent / 1 or 2 complaints re paper jams, which may be more to do with the machines rather than paper. Looking at new OGC contract for recycled paper to print prospectuses and stationary
University of Edinburgh
Fleur Rothwell
/ Successful EP4 / EP4 for dept standard paper (copiers and desktop printers) -Evolve for printed stationery (Letterheads and Compliment Slips) -ERA (50% PCW) for silk coated papers -Revive (75% PCW) for Matt and Gloss coated papers. / Negotiated equivalent price / Seems to be working really well
University of Glasgow
Ann Galbraith

/ Successful / 100% recycled as supplied by Lyreco.
Evolve. / Initially no but cost of paper fluctuates / Paper good quality. The quality of the paper can definitely be affected by the processes involved from dispatch at the warehouse to being placed in the machines here in the building. The temperature at which the paper is kept can effect the quality i.e. if it gets too damp/dry, I make sure that the stationery cupboards are kept at an appropriate temperature.
Napier University, Edinburgh
Charlie Morrison
/ Tested & are introducing recycled paper. Trial conducted over 5 separate types of paper. / EP4 paper, 80% recycled / Mixture of Cannon and OSE / We make use of HE purchasing agreements.
Anglia Ruskin University
Mark Norman / Evolve / Used in all satellite photocopiers and desktop office printers. Canon, Minolta and Konika / Slightly more but negligible / Media Production Services still use a variety of paper but try to buy paper only from sustainable sources
Generally the problem is more to do with the users and how they load the machines (paper need to be put in the correct way as indicated on the packaging) or its a storage problem and the paper is damp
University of St Andrews
Roddy Yarr
/ 100% recycled paper / Used on all photocopiers.
University of Stirling
Louise Reed (Buyer) / Evolve Business Paper, EVB0317RG
But only used in some departments
Oxford Brookes University
Harriet Waters
/ Successful / EP4 80% from M real / HPs Generally / Cheaper than virgin paper / Perception of recycled paper is still not good and it was almost impossible to convince people to use recycled paper when it was more expensive than virgin paper.