Designated EPA Recycled Content Levels
Product | Required Recycled Content | |
PAPER PRODUCTS | ||
Paper (all forms of office paper, Cover stock, envelopes, manilla folders) | 20% post-consumer or 50% recycled | |
Paper Napkins | 30% post-consumer | |
Paper Towels | 40% post-consumer | |
Facial Tissue | 10% post-consumer | |
Toliet Tissue | 20% post-consumer | |
NON PAPER PRODUCTS | ||
Binders - Paperboard | 75% post-consumer | |
Binders - Plastic | 25% recycled | |
Destop Accessories - Plastic | 25% post-consumer polystyrene | |
Recycling Containers - Office |
20% post-consumer plastic or |
|
Toner Cartridges | Recharged/manufactured-need DiNippon drums to provide good product | |
Trash Bags - Plastic | 10% post-consumer | |
Trash Receptacles - Office | 20% post-consumer plastic or 25% post consumer steel |
|
BUILDING INSULATION | ||
Cellulose Loose Fill and Spray On | 75% post-consumer paper | |
Fiberglass | 20% glass cullet | |
Foam-in-place | 5% recycled | |
Glass Fiver Reiforced | 6% recycled | |
Perlite Composite Board | 23% post-consumer paper | |
Phenolic Rigid Foam | 5% recycled | |
Plastic Rigid Foam, Rolyisocyanurate/Polyurethane Rigid Foam |
9% recycled | |
Rock Wool | 75% slag | |
CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS | ||
Carpet - Polyester | 25% PET | |
Cement and Concrete | Possible 0-40% coal fly ash 25-50% ground granulated blast furnace slag |
|
Fiberboard - Structural | 80% recycled | |
Floor Tiles and Patio Blocks | 90% post-consumer rubber or 90% recycled plastic |
|
Paperboard - Laminated | 100% post-consumer | |
LANDSCAPING PRODUCTS | ||
Hydraulic Mulch | 100% post-consumer paper-based or 100% recovered wood/paper wood-based |
|
Yard Trimmings - Compost | Composting and sue of compost instead of fertilizers and soil amendments recommended. | |
PARK AND RECREATION PRODUCTS | ||
Playground Surfaces, Running Tracks | 90% rubber or plastic | |
TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS | ||
Traffic Barricades | 80% post-consumer HDPE, LDPE, PET, Steel or 100% fiberglass |
|
Traffic Cones | 50% crumb rubber, LDPE, PVC | |
VEHICULAR PRODUCTS | ||
Engine Coolants | Reclaimed with only one base chemical | |
Lubricating Oil | 23% re-refined | |
Retread Tires | Should meet Federal Specification ZZ-T-381 |