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Green Seal Paint Standards and Certification. Mark Petruzzi Vice President of Certification. Overview of Presentation. Significance of Standards, Certification in Procurement and Product Stewardship Background on Green Seal, Inc. Green Seal’s Certification Program - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Green Seal Paint Standards
and Certification
Mark PetruzziVice President of
Certification
Overview of Presentation
• Significance of Standards, Certification in Procurement and Product Stewardship
• Background on Green Seal, Inc.• Green Seal’s Certification Program• Overview of current Paint
Standards• Update of GS-43 certifications
Significance of Standards,
Certification in Procurement
• Help identify green products/services• Verify legitimate environmental claims• Provide explicit, objective standards• Provide criteria for specifications and bids
Significance of Standards, Certification in Procurement
(con’t.)
• Certification demonstrates compliance
• Expert, independent assessment• Consider product performance• Can provide competitive bids if
standards set properly
Significance of Standards, Certification in
Procurement (con’t.)• Technical Basis:
– Use best available science– Base on life-cycle of product– Identify leadership levels to move
market
• Procedural Basis:– Use open and transparent process– No financial interest or conflict-of-
interest
Green Seal, Inc. Background
•Non-profit with environmental mission:
Green Seal is dedicated to safeguarding
the environment and transforming the
marketplace by promoting the
manufacture, purchase and use of
environmentally responsible products and
services.
Green Seal, Inc. Background (cont.)
• Science-based
• Exclusive focus on products, services,
purchasing, operations
• Multiple product categories
• Multiple criteria (life-cycle approach)
• No financial interest in products,
companies
Green Seal Meets Applicable Guidelines
for Certification
• ISO 14020 and 14024– Principles of Environmental Labeling– Principles and Procedures for Type I
EL
• EPA Guidelines for 3rd-Party Certifiers
• Member of the Global Ecolabelling Network
Green Seal Meets Applicable
Guidelines for Certification (con’t.)• Key attributes:
– open, transparent process– based on life-cycle evaluation– impartial; no financial
interest/conflict– leadership levels in standards– developed by consensus
Green Seal’s Certification Program
• GS standards in 35 product categories
• Over 800 hundred products/services certified– range from windows, electric chillers,
and lodging facilities to institutional cleaners, paints, paper products, etc.
How Green Seal SetsEnvironmental
Standards• Establish study category• Call for stakeholders• Appoint Stakeholder Committee (incl. users,
manufacturers, trade groups, government, environmentalists, others)*
• Environmental evaluation• Draft standard• Public review• Published Response-to-Comments• Stakeholder ballots* • Issue final standard
* where resources allow
Sample StakeholdersManufacturers• Seventh Generation• Spartan Chemical• Clean Environment Co.• Church & Dwight• 3MUsers• US Postal Service• Aberdeen Proving Ground• Int’l Exec Housekeepers
Assn• American Federation of
State, County, & Munic. Employees
• ServiceMaster Industries
Government• City of Santa Monica• MN Ofc Of Env Assist.• MA Exec Ofc of Env Affairs• US EPA• US GSAEnvironmental• INFORM• Global Toxics Campaign,
WWF• Washington Toxics Coalition• Environmental Health
CoalitionOthers• UMass Toxics Use Reduction
Institute• Individual experts
GS-11 OverviewGreen Seal
Environmental Standard for Paints
This Standard establishes environmental requirements for paints. The standard does not include stains, clear finishes, or paints sold in aerosol cans.
GS-11 Overview Product-Specific
Performance Requirements
• Interior Topcoats:– Scrubbability – Hiding Power (Opacity)– Washability (Stain Removal)
• Exterior Topcoats– Hiding Power (Opacity)
GS-11 Overview Product-Specific Environmental Requirements
• Chemical Component Limitations – VOC limits– Aromatic compound limits
• Chemical Component Restrictions– 25 restricted compounds, including
methylene chloride, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, vinyl chloride, formaldehyde, certain phthalates, and heavy metals
GS-11 Overview Packaging & Labeling
Requirements • Packaging
– Paint cans and their components are not fabricated with lead
• Labeling Requirements– Basis of certification must be appear with the
Green Seal Mark:– “This product meets Green Seal environmental
standards for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other ingredients.”
– Include a brief statement discouraging disposal into drains and encouraging consultation with local authorities for disposal or recycling
– Paints formulated without VOCs shall be designated Class A.
GC-3 OverviewGreen Seal
Environmental Criteria for Anti-Corrosive
PaintsEstablishes environmental requirements for anti-corrosive paints, defined as coatings formulated and recommended for use in preventing the corrosion of ferrous metal substrates
GC-3 Overview Product-Specific
Performance Requirements
• Adhesion • Hiding Power (Opacity) • Corrosion Resistance
GC-3 Overview Product-Specific Environmental Requirements
• Chemical Component Limitations – VOC limits– Aromatic Compounds
• Chemical Component Restrictions– 25 restricted compounds, including
methylene chloride, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, vinyl chloride, formaldehyde, certain phthalates, and heavy metals
GC-3 Overview Packaging & Labeling
Requirements• Toxics in Packaging
– Paint cans and their components are not fabricated with lead
• Labeling Requirements– Basis of certification must be appear with the
Green Seal Mark:– “This product meets Green Seal Environmental
Criteria for anti-corrosive paints. Product does not exceed 250 g/l volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which can contribute to air pollution. Product does not contain certain toxic chemicals found in similar paints.”
– Paints formulated without VOCs shall be designated Class A.
Purpose of GS-43Recycled Paint
Standard• Reduce amount of leftover paint in
waste stream: convert into viable product– comparable in performance to virgin– close the loop
• Increase confidence in consumers– preconceptions, misperceptions– control variability of marketed products
Genesis ofRecycled Paint Standard
•PSI’s Paint Product Stewardship Initiative – Markets Workgroup•Need for certification- ensure good quality recycled content paints- purchasers can identify these
•Funded by CIWMB through San Joaquin County
Issues in Recycled Paint Standard development• Ensuring performance
– consistent levels with inherently variable product
– teaming with Master Painters Institute
– requirement to meet virgin paint standards
• Including consolidated paint– more variable, less predictable
Issues in Recycled Paint Standard
development (cont.)• Presence of prohibited
ingredients– prohibit in virgin additives– testing of recycled content?
• Combining exterior and interior– commonly done in consolidated– long-term performance, health
issues?
Issues in Recycled Paint Standard
development (cont.)• Post-consumer content
– standardize protocols to ensure quality– Federal, State procurement specs vary
• VOCs– recycled may be high, esp. high gloss,
color– balance with use, waste diversion
goals– Federal, State requirements vary
GS-43 Overview Scope of StandardEstablishes environmental and performance requirements for recycled-content interior and exterior latex paint, defined as paint made by consolidation and reprocessing or remanufacturing
This Standard does not apply to stains, clear finishes, paints sold in aerosol cans, or
oil-based paints.
GS-43 Overview Collecting & Storing
Requirements• Original container with a readable label• Visually match with label • No solvent based paints or specialty paints • Physical inspection shows paint is free of :
– Biological growth– Putrefaction – Skinning – Livering
– Hard settling of the pigment– Corrosion of the container – Excessive debris– Curdling or other evidence of
being frozen– Heavy metals
• Paint filtered through a 300-micron or finer filter
GS-43 Overview Product –Specific
Performance Requirements
• Meets the applicable MPI detailed performance standard
• Tested for pH, viscosity, fineness of grind, and gloss
GS-43 Overview Product –Specific Health
& Environmental Requirements
• Chemical Component Limitations– VOC limits– Aromatic compound limits
• Chemical Component Restrictions– 25 restricted compounds, including
methylene chloride, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, vinyl chloride, formaldehyde, certain phthalates, and heavy metals
GS-43 Overview Packaging & Labeling
Requirements•Product Packaging –Paint cans and their components are not fabricated with lead –Recyclable product containers used where local recycling opportunities exist.
•Labeling Requirements–Include a brief statement discouraging improper disposal and encouraging consultation with local authorities for disposal requirements or recycling opportunities.
•Basis of certification must be appear with the Green Seal Mark:–“This product meets Green Seal’s environmental standard for consolidated recycled-content latex paint based on its use of a minimum 95% by volume post-consumer material and product performance”– “This product meets Green Seal’s environmental standard for reprocessed recycled-content latex paint based on its use of a minimum 50% by volume post-consumer material and product performance”
GS-43 Overview End of Life Management• Unused latex and non-latex paint shall
be removed, utilized, disposed of properly
• Leftover paint from remanufacturing process shall be utilized where there are existing markets
• Metal and plastic paint containers, pallets, and packaging shall be recycled where there are existing markets.
Update on GS-43 Certifications• Currently two manufacturers being
evaluated– One consolidated and one reprocessed
• Some issues include:– Meeting MPI requirements (time)– Documentation of criteria
• QA/QC or log documents– Obtaining disclosure from raw material
supplier• Need complete MSD Sheets for “ingredient”
and/or• Need to see all proprietary information• Need complete formulations, hazardous and non-
hazardous (virgin and secondary industrial materials)
Conclusions• Product stewardship, procurement
aided by certification• Certification must follow substantive
and procedural guidelines• Green Seal is US pioneer in
environmental certification• Recycled paint standard will provide
basis for product stewardship