Post-consumption recycled paper
Baseline strategy · No scoreSpecifies a minimum percentage of recycled fiber post-consumption on copying, hygienic, dry matter and printed material.
How it works
Specifies a minimum percentage of recycled fiber post-consumption on copying, hygienic, dry matter and printed material.
It considers materials and components throughout extraction, manufacture, transport, use, maintenance and recovery to conserve value and reduce impacts.
When does it make sense?
- Before you specify or purchase materials and products
- Where functionally comparable alternatives exist
- With life cycle data and a realistic maintenance and end-of-use plan
How to apply it
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Defining what need resolves "paper with post-consumption recycled content" and establishing a starting situation.
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Compare alternatives and adapt design to climate, use, regulation, affected people and available resources.
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Apply with clear responsibilities, check the actual result and correct unwanted effects.
Potential benefits
Lower carbon life cycle
Less extraction and toxicity
More retained value
Limitations and precautions
- "Recyclable" is not the same as "recycling": without requiring post-consumption percentage the specification says nothing.
- An isolated label does not replace the comparison of the entire system.
- Durability, security, quantity used and end-of-life scenario can change the result.
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