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16-2. S afety Nets
1 Items and Evaluation Criteria Safety nets
Evaluation criteria
All fiber products natural and chemical that use polyester fiber, polyethylene fiber, or synthetic fiber made from vegetable shall meet the
following.
1 Polyester fiber products must fulfill one of the following.
a. Polyester from recycled PET resins accounts for no less than 25 by weight of all fibers. If polyester fibers are used less than 50 by
weight of all fiber, accounts for no less than 10 by weight of all fibers, and no less than 50 by weight of polyester fibers.
b. Polyester from recycled PET resins accounts for no less than 10 by weight of all fibers, and a system for collecting, reuse and recycling
materials after product use is established. 2At least 50 by weight of fiber used in polyethylene fiber products
shall be recycled polyethylene. 3 Products whose fiber content includes synthetic fiber made from
vegetable whose reductive effect of environmental load has been confirmed accounts for no less than 25 by weight of all fibers used.
Factors for consideration 1A system for collecting, reuse and recycling materials after product use
is established. 2Packaging 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 of metal
parts, 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. Recycled polyethylene denotes part or all of polyethylene 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,
polyethylene that has been recycled in the process of manufacturing the product.
4. Synthetic fiber whose reductive effect of environmental load has been confirmed
denotes material whose reductive effect of environmental load has been confirmed by a third party such as an LCA expert through a quantitative, objective and scientific
analysis and evaluation, including effects of trade off, of the environmental load of the product throughout its lifecycle.
5. A system is in place for the collection, reuse and recycling denotes the fulfillment of
163 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 manufacturer or the seller, 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 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.
2 Target Setting Guideline Ratio of the number of safety nets that use polyester, polyethylene, or vegetable based
synthetic fiber meeting the criteria, to the total number of safety nets that use either polyester, polyethylene, or vegetable based synthetic fiber to be purchased in the fiscal
year.
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16-3. Flags, Advertisement Flags and Banners, etc.
1 Items and Evaluation Criteria Flags
Advertisement flags
Banners Evaluation criteria
1 Products whose fiber content natural and chemical includes polyester fiber must fulfill one of the following.
a. 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.
b. 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. 2 Products whose fiber content includes synthetic fiber made from
vegetable whose reductive effect of environmental load has been confirmed accounts for no less than 25 by weight of all fibers
used.
Factors for consideration
1 The use of brominated fire retardants is as minimized as
possible. 2
A system for collecting, reuse and recycling materials after product use is established.
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. Banners under the evaluation criteria of this section denote horizontal banners and
vertical banners.
2. PET resins denote material that use recycled PET bottles and fiber products, etc. 3. Weight of all fibers denotes the weight of all product excluding accessories such as
pole and metal parts, 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”.
4. Synthetic fiber whose reductive effect of environmental load has been confirmed
