148 Caps
Evaluation Criteria Products whose fiber content natural and chemical includes
polyester fiber must fulfill one of the following.
1 Polyester from recycled PET resins accounts for no less than 25 by weight of all fibers used. If polyester fibers are
used less than 50 by weight of all fibers, accounts for no less than 10 by weight of all fibers, and no less than 50
by weight of polyester fibers.
2 Polyester from recycled PET resins accounts for no less than 10 by weight of all fibers used, and a system for
collecting, reuse and recycling materials after product use is established.
Factors for Consideration 1
A system is in place for the collection, reuse and recycling after product use.
2 Fibers other than polyester from recycled PET resin should
use unused fiber or reconstructed fiber as much as possible. 3
Packaging and stowage is to be as simple as possible and take into account ease of recycling and reduced environmental
impact upon disposal.
Note: 1. PET resins denote material that use recycled PET bottles and fiber products, etc.
2. Weight of all fibers denotes the weight of all product excluding accessories such as
button, fastener, hook and sewing thread, etc. from all of product. The weight of accessories used recycled plastic part or all of plastic once used as a part of a useful
product that has been discarded, remnants discarded during the manufacturing process, or the recyclereuse of defective articles This excludes, however, plastic that has been
recycled in the process of manufacturing the product and synthetic fiber or plastics made from vegetable that is acknowledged for its environmental load reduction effects
may be include “the weight of all fibers” and “the weight of polyester from recycled PET resins or synthetic fiber made from vegetable that is acknowledged for its
environmental load reduction effects”.
3. Biodegradable denotes the performance of no less than 60 according to
biodegradability examination OECD 301C, JIS K 6950, JIS K 6951, JIS K 6953, and JIS K 6955, etc. The examination period depends for the period that each examination
method provides.. Non biodegradable denotes the performance
149 voluntarily collecting collecting on its own or commissioning other companies
to collect; includes situations where multiple businesses undertake the collection together used products.
b. In order to precipitate appropriate collection, specific information for the
collection collection method, collection location, etc. of used products is available from the products body, package, catalog and website for the users.
A system for reuse and recycling should fulfill the below requirements c. and d.
c. The collected products must be reused, material recycled and chemical recycled. d. The parts that cannot be reuse or recycling of collected products must energy
recovered.
7. Synthetic fiber whose reductional effect of environmental load has been confirmed
