Division 5.2 Paper for recycling from printing facilities
United Kingdom
This criterion applies to printed paper products. The amount of waste paper ‘X’ produced shall not exceed the values reported in the following table.
| Printing method | Maximum waste paper (%) |
|---|---|
| Sheet offset | 23 |
| Cold-set, newspaper | 10 |
| Cold-set, form printing | 18 |
| Cold-set rotation (except newspapers) | 19 |
| Heat-set rotation | 21 |
| Rotogravure printing | 15 |
| Flexography printing | 17 |
| Digital printing | 10 |
| Screen printing | 23 |
Where:
X = annual tonnes of waste paper produced during the printing (including finishing processes) of the eco-labelled printed paper product, divided by annual tonnes of paper purchased and used for the production of eco-labelled printed paper product.
Where the printing house carries out finishing processes on behalf of another printing house, the amount of waste paper produced in those processes shall not be included in the calculation of ‘X’.
Where the finishing processes are outsourced to another company, the amount of waste paper resulting from the outsourced work shall be calculated and declared in the calculation of ‘X’.
Assessment and verification: the applicant shall provide a description of the calculation of the amount of waste paper, together with a declaration from the contractor collecting the waste paper from the printing house. The outsourcing terms and calculations on the amount of paper waste involved in the finishing processes shall be provided.
The period for the calculations shall be based on the production during 12 months. In case of a new or a rebuilt production plant, the calculations shall be based on at least 45 subsequent days of stable running of the plant.
If the calculation of annual tonnes of waste paper produced during the printing of the eco-labelled printed paper product is not technically feasible, the applicant may provide calculations regarding the total amount of paper for recycling produced annually in the printing house.