Fire Extinguishers 1 Basic Policy on Promoting Green Purchasing

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12. Fire Extinguishers 1

Items and Evaluation Criteria Fire extinguishers Evaluation Criteria 1 Fire protection fluid shall use no less than 40 by weight of recycled material. 2 A system is in place for collection and reuserecycling of used materials, and a system for the proper disposal of components which cannot be reused or recycled. Factors for Consideration 1 The item is designed so that it can be easily dismantled and its materials separated to facilitate either reuse of components or recycling of materials. 2 The item uses as large amount of recycled plastic as possible if plastic components are used. 3 Organic solvent, or paint with as low odor as possible is used as coating. 4 Packaging and stowage is to be as simple as possible and take into account ease of recycling and reduced environmental impact upon disposal. 5 A system for the collection and reuserecycling of packaging, etc. is considered. Note: 1. Fire extinguisher under consideration in the evaluation criteria of this section denotes powder ABC fire extinguisher powder fire extinguisher that is in accordance with “Ordinance to determine technical standards for fire extinguishers M inistry of Home Affairs Ordinance 27, September 17, 1964”, applicable to all of A fire, B fire and Electric fire, and does not include aerosol type handy fire extinguishers, fire extinguishers for the ships and fire extinguishers for the aircraft. and includes replacement fire protection fluid to be used during inspection. 2. A system is in place for the collection, reuse and recycling denotes the fulfillment of the below requirements. A system for collection should fulfill the below requirements a. and b. a. The manufacturer or the seller has a system a collection system located at the store, or collection in response to the user’s request for voluntarily collecting collecting on its own or commissioning other companies to collect; includes situations where multiple businesses undertake the collection together used fire extinguisher. b. Specific information for the collection of used mobile phones, etc. collection method, collection location, etc. are available for the users on the package, enclosed printed matter, user’s manual, or the website. 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. 3. Recycled plastic denotes 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 146 recyclereuse of defective articles This excludes, however, plastic that has been recycled in the process of manufacturing the product. 2 Target Setting Guideline Ratio of the number of fire extinguishers meeting the criteria to the total number of fire extinguishers to be purchased in the fiscal year. 147

13. Uniforms and Work Clothes 1 Items and Evaluation Criteria