Shaw Industries Inc. (Dalton, Ga.) hardwood product line has been Cradle to Cradle Silver Certified, according to a company announcement made Friday. Cradle to Cradle is a multi-attribute eco-label that assesses a product's safety to humans and the environment and design for future life cycles.
Shaw's hardwood line comprises nearly 120 solid and engineered wood flooring products. From the Cradle to Cradle website, here are criteria for Silver certification:
- All chemicals in product identified down to 100 ppm level (0.01%)
- No PVC, chloroprene, or related chemical at any concentration
- All materials and chemicals assessed for toxicity to human and environmental health
- Strategy developed to optimize all remaining problematic chemicals
- All materials defined as technical nutrients to be recycled or biological nutrients to be composted
- Halogenated hydrocarbon content <100ppm
- Toxic heavy metal content (Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr+6)< 100ppm
- Material Reutilization score >=50
- Quantify the energy required for manufacturing (final assembly)
- Characterize energy sources and develop strategy for including renewable energy
- Adopt company-wide water stewardship principles or guidelines.
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