4812 RequiredElimination of elemental chlorine as a bleaching agent in paperbased packaging material Product criterion Manufacturer shall state in the manufacturers environmental packaging requirement that elemental chlorine shall not be used as a bleaching agent to bleach virgin or ID: 464675
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1.2 Required – Elimination of elemental chlorine as a bleaching agent in packaging material
4.8.1.2 Required—Elimination of elemental chlorine as a bleaching agent in paper-based packaging material
Product criterion:
Manufacturer shall state in the manufacturer’s environmental packaging requirement that elemental chlorine shall not be used as a bleaching agent to bleach virgin or recovered content fibers used in paper-based product packaging.
Product packaging that is made Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF), Total Chlorine Free (TCF), or Processed Chlorine Free (PCF) meets the requirements of this criterion.
Additionally, recycled content that may have been previously bleached with chlorine or chlorine derivatives meets the requirements of this criterion.
Applies to:
Packaging of products that are declared to conform to this standard
Verification requirements:
Declaration from
manufacturer
Copy
of manufacturer’s environmental packaging requirement as provided to packaging supplier
References and details:
None.Slide2
Proposed Chlorine DefinitionsELEMENTAL CHLORINE FREE (ECF)
Packaging material produced with pulp
from virgin content
that has been bleached using a chlorine derivative such as chlorine dioxide (ClO2), but without the use of elemental chlorine (
Cl
).
TOTALLY CHLORINE FREE (TCF)
Packaging material produced with pulp
from virgin content
that has been bleached without any type of chlorine, or that has not been bleached at all.
PROCESSED CHLORINE FREE (PCF)
Packaging material produced with pulp from
virgin and/or recycled content
that has been bleached without any type of chlorine, or that has not been bleached at all. Recycled content may have originally been bleached with chlorine or chlorine derivatives.Slide3
ECF/TCF/PCF Diagram
Previously bleached material allowed
Virgin material
Chlorine Dioxide
Chlorine derivatives such as ClO2 are ok
Virgin material
Chlorine derivatives
Virgin material
Recycled material
Pulp and Additive Bleaching Process
Oxygen/ozone
Elemental Chlorine
Elemental Chlorine
Chlorine derivatives
Oxygen/ozone
Elemental Chlorine
Incoming Material
TCF
ECF
PCF
Paper/
pkg