by Rebecca Walker — December 20, 2010—Green Seal is proud to announce the release of its revised Standard for Sanitary Paper Products, GS-1. This standard establishes environmental, health, and social requirements for an array of paper products, and sets a higher bar for leadership in the industry, says the organization. Green Seal certification gives manufacturers a credible way to prove substantial reductions in impact and increased performance by their products.
Green Seal, a non-profit organization that provides sustainability standards and conducts third-party certification, combined its Standard for Tissue Paper and its Standard for Paper Towels and Paper Napkins into one comprehensive, life cycle-based standard for bathroom and facial tissue, paper towels, napkins, and placemats, for both institutional and retail markets.
Products certified to the revised GS-1 meet a standard that features improved performance thresholds (i.e. tensile strength, water absorbency); 100 percent recovered material content with increased post-consumer content; processed chlorine free manufacturing; no carcinogens, mutagens, or reproductive toxins in papermaking additives and very minimal optical brighteners. The standard also includes added requirements for social responsibility for the manufacturing facility; added sustainability tracking metrics, and expanded requirements for packaging.
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