Synthetic fiber whose reductive effect of environmental load has been confirmed A system is in place for the collection, reuse and recycling denotes the fulfillment of

164 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

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

the below requirements. 165 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. 3 Target Setting Guideline Ratio of the number of flags, advertisement flags and banners, etc. that use polyester fiber or synthetic fiber which is made from vegetable based plastics meeting the criteria to the total number of flags, advertisement flags, banners, etc. to be purchased in the fiscal year. 166 16-4. Mops 1 Items and Evaluation Criteria M ops Evaluation criteria M ust fulfill one of the following. 1 Recycled material including unused fiber, recycled fiber, and other recycled material makes up at least 25 of weigh of all fibers. 2 Recycled material including unused fiber, recycled fiber, and other recycled material makes up at least 10 of weight, and a system for collecting, reuse and recycling materials after product use is established. 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. Weight of all fibers denotes the weight of all product excluding accessories such as handle, grip and metal parts, etc. from all of product. The weight of accessories used recycled plastic may be includes “the weight of all fibers” and “the weight of unused fiber, recycled fiber and other recycled material”.

2. Recycled plastic denotes part or all of plastic once used as a part of a useful product that