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The best way to describe you is :
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You
are aware of jute as a natural fiber:
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Which
jute products are you aware of?
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Do
you think the functional aspects of jute products
are as
important
as the environmental aspects of jute ? Please tick one
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Life
cycle
step
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Criterium |
Expectations |
Your
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Agricultural
phase |
Limitation
of
toxic residue
in fibre
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Selected
pesticides like Aldrin, captafol, chlordane, DDT,
dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, Cypermethrin, , parathion,
phosphamidon etc in fiber <0.05 ppm
Use
of pesticide is as per standard quantities prescribed by
the
Government
of India.
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| Agricultural
phase |
Limitation
of
green house
gas emission
during retting
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The
retting process followed may be of non-conventional type
In case of conventional
retting, the depth of the pond < 1
meter.
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| Manufacturing |
Limitation
of
toxic residue
in fibre
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Presence
of heavy metals (mg/kg) in finished jute product
Arsenic<
0.2, Lead <0.8, Cadmiuml,<0.1, cobalt <4,
copper
<50, chromium
<2, mercury<0.02, Nickel< 4, tin < 4, zinc
<
60
The
hydrocarbon present should be less than 1250 mg/kg in
Food grade packaging
material
No undesirable odours or odours untypical of jute shall
be
present.
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Reduction
of
air pollution
during
product
manufacturing |
At
least 20% of the fuel consumption for steam generation
should be of
renewable energy sources like jute caddies, rice
husks, biomass etc
VOC
emissions from the manufacturing of shopping bag must
be less than or equal
to 2 gm/m2 of the surface of shopping
bag or the components
of printing paste should contains a
maximum
of 1% in weight of organic solvents. |
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| Manufacturing |
Reduction
of
water
pollution
during
product
manufacturing
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COD
content of wastewaters from wet processes should be
less than 25 g/kg,
expressed as an annual average.
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| Manufacturing |
Limitation
of
use of
substances
harmful for
the health and
environment |
At
least 95% by weight of the detergents, fabric softeners,
complexing agentsand
seizing chemical used must meet the
requirement for ready
biodegradability.
hydrogen peroxide should be used as bleaching agent to
avoid
AOX emission or AOX
emissions in the bleaching effluent shall be less than
100 mg Chloride/kg.
The
levels of ionic impurities in the dyes used shall not
exceed
the following limits:
Ag 100 ppm; As 50 ppm; Ba 100 ppm; Cd
20 ppm; Co 500 ppm;
Cr 100 ppm; Cu 250 ppm; Fe 2 500
ppm; Hg 4 ppm; Mn 1
000 ppm; Ni 200 ppm; Pb 100 ppm, Se
20 ppm; Sb 50 ppm; Sn
250 ppm; Zn 1500 ppm
For
food grade quality jute hessian or sacking, the sum of
concentration levels
of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent
chromium present
should not exceed 100 ppm by weight
The
levels of ionic impurities for pigments used should
be(in
ppm) Ba< 100, Cd
<50; Cr<100; Hg< 25; Pb <100; Se <100;
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Sb
< 250; Zn <1 000
Chrome
mordant dyeing is not allowed.
If
metal complex dyes based on copper, chromium or nickel
are used, less than
20% of each of those metal complex dyes
applied (input to the
process) shall be discharged to waste
water treatment
(whether on-site or off-site).
No azo dyes that cleave to a
list of aromatic anines
Dyes
that is carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction
shall not be used No
use is allowed of dye substances containing more than
0.1
% by weight of
substances that are assigned or may be assigned
at the time of
application any of the risk phrases (or
combinations thereof)
The
potentially sensitizing dyes if fastness to perspiration
(acid
and alkaline) > 4 Plastisol
based printing is not allowed for food grade quality
Jute sacking.
No
use is allowed of flame retardant substances or of flame
retardant reparations
containing more than 0.1% by weight of
substances that are
assigned or may be assigned at the time of
application any of
some specific risk phrases (or combinations
thereof)
Coatings,
laminates and membranes shall not be produced
using plasticizers or
solvents, which are assigned or may be
assigned
at the time of application any of some selected |
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Transportation
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Emissions
to
air
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Requirement
as to CO2 emission factor during transportation:
the emission factor
should not be more than 0.007 kg
CO2/tonne-km in case
of transportation of products by sea.
For road
transportation, the vehicles to be used should
conform to the
pollution under control (PUC) regulations
under
the Motor Vehicles Act in India. |
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| Disposal |
Methane
generation,
leachates
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Disposal
protocol should be made available to buyers and
consumers that take
into consideration specific requirements
for land disposal and
waste to energy.
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Any
other comments or other criteria you may wish to suggest
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Jute
is a biodegradable natural fiber. If the above ecolabel
criteria
ensure that the environmental impacts are not
significant for
product use, what route of disposal would you
recommend? Match
the
left with the right columns. |
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