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PRINTERS & PRINTED MATTER
GECA
20-2004 Standard (PDF) |
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Cards by Post
Cards by Post personally make greeting cards for
individuals and companies. |
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Product Marketing Name:
Cards by Post Use and Application: Greeting
Cards
Date of Certification: 7
August 2007
1. The Products
You choose the card image, you choose a
message or write your own, tell them where to send it and Cards by
Post will make your card and post it personally for you.
Core Environmental Criteria Tested:
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Environmental Requirements |
Core Environmental Performance Characteristics |
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3.1 Fitness for Purpose
Certified products should be good performers in their intended
application. It is implied that certain standards of product
performance are implicit in the label. Certified product must
ensure that the product is fit for its intended purpose |
Cards by Post have adequate quality assurance
procedures in place in order to insure every print job conforms
to a high standard, all jobs are visually inspected during
production which is adequate for this type of product. |
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3.2 Packaging Requirements
The plastics packaging of printed matter must not contain
chlorine (where the chlorine is chemically bound to the
polymer). Packaging must not contain plastics in which
phthalates are present. This requirement also applies to printed
matter from finishing
 subcontractors
(e.g. book binders). |
The packaging used by Cards by Post consists of the avalanche
paper envelopes in which the cards are sent. These envelopes
have been identified by documentation supplied to GECS as
chlorine free. |
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3.3 Requirements as to Paper and Raw Materials.
The eco-labeled printed matter must consist of at
least 90% by weight of paper that fulfils the Good Environmental
Choice Australia Ltd. requirements for Publishing Paper GECA
4-2003 or Recycled Paper Products GECA 11-2002.
Printed packaging must consist at least 90% by weight of paper
that fulfils the Good Environmental Choice Australia Ltd.
requirements for Recycled Paper Products GECA 11-2002.
Carbon paper must not form part of the printed
matter. The printed matter must not contain metal dyes or metal
foil printing |
Cards by Post source all of their paper for both cards from an
agency whose mill is certified with FSC (Forestry Stewardship
Council), is accredited to ISO 14001 (cert. EMS57536) and
provides chlorine free paper. |
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4.1 Production Methods Requirements
In this section the ecolabelling requirements for the various
printing methods are presented. The requirements are divided up
into requirements relating to the following four stages in the
production of printed matter/. The verification process will
effectively assess each of the criteria in the scoring matrix
and attribute a score. The different stages are:
· Page production (the same requirements for all printing
methods except digital printing)
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Form production
· Printing
· Finishing (the same requirements for all printing
methods) |
Cards by Post print all their products using a Xerox Phaser
8500. This product has been certified by GECA and is the sole
printer to be used, therefore all criteria relating to printing
methods are not applicable. |
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4.7
Continuous Environmental Improvement
The manufacturer should have a mechanism of continuous
environmental improvement which achieves and quantifiable
reduction of environmental load per tonne of printed matter in
one or more of specific impact categories. |
The requirement for continuous environmental improvement is not
relevant for the first assessment and at the commencement of a
licensing period. This criterion will be assessed at the time of
annual audit. The purpose of this criterion is to encourage and
provide clear direction to recognised printers that the
requirements of this standard will be raised at the time of the
subsequent revision. |
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Cards by Post EPD
3. Environmental and Social Regulatory Obligations:
GECA also found the products to
be fully compliant with their obligations under Labour,
Anti-Discrimination, and Safety Regulations. The company
has not been the subject of prosecution in relation to
compliance with labour, anti- discrimination, safety
regulations and environmental regulations.
Additional Information
Good Environmental Choice Australia
recommends these products to green purchasing officers,
specifiers, and every day Australians seeking to
purchase products and services on the basis of
functional and overall environmental and human health
performance.
For more information contact Cards by
Post
directly:
Cards by Post
Address: P.O Box 453, Springwood NSW 2777
Ph: 02 4751 4498
Web:
http://www.cardsbypost.com.au/
E-mail: admin@cardsbypost.com.au
You can go to the company's web site here:
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