09.02.15
Non-profit organization Green Seal is inviting the public to participate in the revision of GS-48, its standard for household laundry products, and GS-51, the standard for institutional laundry products.
Proposed revisions include:
Section 2.0: Product-Specific Performance Requirements – Revisions to provide more relevant performance testing parameters. Proposed revisions include changes to water hardness, cold water temperatures, stain removal analysis, color care, fabric appearance, and softening performance.
Section 3.5: Carcinogen Releasers – Revision of the evaluation threshold to be consistent with Green Seal’s other cleaning product standards and the clarification of the term “carcinogen releasers”.
Section 6.8: Fragrance and Allergen Labeling – Clarification to provide more relevant requirements to this class of products.
Sections 5.6 and 5.7: Packaging Sustainability Requirements – Clarification related to bisphenol A, phthalates, chlorinated materials, and heavy metals.
Sections 6.8 and 6.9: Labeling Requirements – Clarification to improve the practicability of the criteria.
Section 3.16: Chronic Aquatic Toxicity and Antimicrobial Agents – Deletion of this criterion to reduce duplication.
Section 3.26: Antimicrobial Agents – Deletion of the documentation requirement.
Section 4.2: Energy, Air, Water, and Waste; and Distribution – Deletion of these two criteria, which required documentation in order to inform future criteria development. However, Green Seal does not intend to develop criteria for these issues during the manufacturing or distribution phases; therefore this documentation requirement is unnecessary.
Editorial Changes – Other minor revisions proposed to improve the readability of the standards.
According to Green Seal, the public review process is a key step to involve all stakeholders in the development of this revision.
During public review of its proposed standards, Green Seal considers each written comment, conducts follow-up research as needed, revises the proposed standard if appropriate, and provides a written response to the comment or group of comments on the issue.
Comments will be accepted until Sunday, October 25
“We welcome comments of support and criticism – both types of comments will help us evaluate the proposed changes,” the organization announced today.
To submit comments, the public can register as a stakeholder here.
Proposed revisions include:
Section 2.0: Product-Specific Performance Requirements – Revisions to provide more relevant performance testing parameters. Proposed revisions include changes to water hardness, cold water temperatures, stain removal analysis, color care, fabric appearance, and softening performance.
Section 3.5: Carcinogen Releasers – Revision of the evaluation threshold to be consistent with Green Seal’s other cleaning product standards and the clarification of the term “carcinogen releasers”.
Section 6.8: Fragrance and Allergen Labeling – Clarification to provide more relevant requirements to this class of products.
Sections 5.6 and 5.7: Packaging Sustainability Requirements – Clarification related to bisphenol A, phthalates, chlorinated materials, and heavy metals.
Sections 6.8 and 6.9: Labeling Requirements – Clarification to improve the practicability of the criteria.
Section 3.16: Chronic Aquatic Toxicity and Antimicrobial Agents – Deletion of this criterion to reduce duplication.
Section 3.26: Antimicrobial Agents – Deletion of the documentation requirement.
Section 4.2: Energy, Air, Water, and Waste; and Distribution – Deletion of these two criteria, which required documentation in order to inform future criteria development. However, Green Seal does not intend to develop criteria for these issues during the manufacturing or distribution phases; therefore this documentation requirement is unnecessary.
Editorial Changes – Other minor revisions proposed to improve the readability of the standards.
According to Green Seal, the public review process is a key step to involve all stakeholders in the development of this revision.
During public review of its proposed standards, Green Seal considers each written comment, conducts follow-up research as needed, revises the proposed standard if appropriate, and provides a written response to the comment or group of comments on the issue.
Comments will be accepted until Sunday, October 25
“We welcome comments of support and criticism – both types of comments will help us evaluate the proposed changes,” the organization announced today.
To submit comments, the public can register as a stakeholder here.