Eco Mark Product Category No.120“Paper Printed Matter Version2.7”
Certification Criteria―Applicable Scope―
Paper printed matter (refer to “Japan Standard Commodity
Classification” issued by Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs,
Posts and Telecommunications: the category named “Printed matter,film, record and other recorded matter” is applied, but the non-paper
recorded matter such as magnetic card and film is excluded [see Table1].) The products covered by the Eco Mark Product Category No.112“Stationery/Office Supplies” are excluded.

Established: August 27, 2007

Japan Environment Association

Last revised: April 1, 2019

Eco Mark Office

Expiration date: August 31. 2027
NOTE: This document is a translation of the criteria written in Japanese.
of dispute, the original document should be taken as authoritative.

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120 V2 Criteria

Eco Mark Product Category No.120“Paper Printed Matter Version2.7” Certification Criteria
Japan Environment Association
Eco Mark Office
1. Purpose of establishing criteria
Omitted2. Applicable Scope
Paper printed matter (refer to “Japan Standard Commodity Classification” issued by
Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications: thecategory named “Printed matter, film, record and other recorded matter” is applied, but
the non-paper recorded matter such as magnetic card and film is excluded [see Table1].) The products covered by the Eco Mark Product Category No.112 “Stationery/Office
Supplies” are excluded.
3. Terminology
Omitted4. Certification Criteria and Certification Procedure
4-1. Environmental Criteria and Certification Procedure(1) The paper used for printed matter (frontispiece, text, supplement, etc.) shall meetthe requirements for the items (1) (3) (4) (5) and (6) of the Eco Mark Certification
Criteria No.107 “Printing Paper Version 3”. When the Certification Criteria No.107“Printing Paper Version3” is revised, the paper already certified as an Eco Mark productshall be treated as confirming to this item until the criteria expires. A cover of printed
matter in booklet form shall meet the requirement for the items (3) (4) (5) and (6) of the
Eco Mark Certification Criteria No.107 “Printing Paper Version 3”
In addition, it shall not correspond to the “processed paper” shown in Table 2. In
addition, when cover paper or color paper is used, it shall conform to A-rank of the
Exhibit “Judging Standards of Cover Paper/Color Paper” (Annex Table 6) of the printed
matter materials defined by “Waste Paper Recycling Fitness Rank List” standard of theUsed Paper Recycles Committee.
[Certification Procedure]
For the certification of paper, the “Certification Procedure of Conformity to
Certification Criteria” for the Eco Mark Product Category No.107 “Printing Paper

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Version 3” shall be observed. When using the Eco Mark-certified paper, however,entry of the “product brand name” and the “certification number” to the AttachedCertificates can substitute for certification of conformity.

The fact that there is

no use of processed paper shown in Table 2 shall be indicated in the AttachedCertificates.
When a cover paper or color paper is used, test results or certificates made by athird party institute or paper manufacturer shall be submitted, indicating that itconforms to A-rank of the Exhibit “Judging Standards of Cover Paper/Color Paper”
of the printed matter materials defined by “Waste Paper Recycling Fitness Rank
List” standard of the Used Paper Recycles Committee.
(2) The ink used for printed matter shall conform to the standard, a. or b. below. In
addition, it shall not correspond to the “ink” shown in Table 2.
a．The ink which is applied for the Eco Mark Certification Criteria No.102 “Printing
Ink Version 2” shall meet the requirements for the Certification Criteria of this
Product Category (excluding items (3), (4), (5), (7) and (21) of “4. Certification
Criteria”) (It shall not be the Eco Mark certified ink). When the Certification
Criteria No.102 “Printing Ink” is revised, the ink already certified as an Eco Markproduct shall be treated as confirming to this item until the contract expires.
b．Inks which are not included in the Applicable scope of the Eco Mark Certification
Criteria “No.102 Printing Inks Version2” shall meet the all requirements for theitems (1), (2) and (6) of the “4-1. Common Environmental Criteria” and item (10)of the “4-2. Individual Environmental Criteria” of the Eco Mark Certification
Criteria No. 102 “Printing Ink Version 2”.
[Certification Procedure]
For the certification of ink, the “5. Certification Procedure of Conformity to
Certification Criteria” for the Eco Mark Product Category No.102 “Printing Ink
Version 2” shall be observed. To certificate the item (10) of the “4-2. Individual
Environmental Criteria”, a test result which shows that the product has noproblem with de-inking for recycling shall be submitted. When using the Eco Markcertified ink, however, entry of the “product name (brand name)” and the“certification number” to the Attached Certificates can substitute for certificationof conformity. The fact that there is no use of materials of printed matter shown in
Table 2 shall be indicated in the Attached Certificates.
In case the brand name of the printing ink can not be specified as of the Eco Markapplication, the following documents shall be submitted; (1) list of scheduled
printing inks issued by an applicant, and (2) various certificates to show the

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conformity to the above requirements.
(3) In manufacturing the applied product, related environmental laws and regulations
and pollution control agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Environmental
Laws, etc.”) must be followed with respect to air pollution, water contamination,
noise, offensive odor, and emission of hazardous substances in the area where theplant performing the final manufacturing process is located.
In addition, the state of compliance with the Environmental Laws, etc. for the past
five years from the date of application (whether there is any violation) must bereported. If there is any violation, proper remedies and preventive measures shallhave been already taken, and the related Environmental Laws, etc. must thereafter
be followed appropriately.
In addition, the manufacturer shall conduct the efforts with environmental
considerations in manufacturing (items) shown in Table 3-A/B.
[Certification Procedure]
The self-certificate issued by the factory manager shall be submitted. The selfcertificate shall demonstrate that the factory (printing/bindery) has been
observing the local environmental laws/regulations for at least five years.
With respect to the compliance with the Environmental Laws, etc. in the area
where the plant performing the final manufacturing process is located, a certificate
issued by the representative of the business of manufacturing the applied productor the relevant plant manager (entry or attachment of a list of names of theEnvironmental Laws, etc.) must be submitted.
In addition, the applicants shall report whether there is any violation in the past
five years, including a violation subject to administrative punishment oradministrative guidance, and if there is, the following documents in a and b mustbe submitted:
a. With respect to the fact of violation, guidance documents from administrative
agencies (including order of correction and warning) and copies of written
answers (including those reporting causes and results of correction) to such
documents (clearly indicating a series of communication);b. Following materials (copies of recording documents, etc.) concerning themanagement system for compliance with the Environmental Laws, etc. in 1)-5):
1) List of the Environmental Laws, etc. related to the area where the plant islocated;2) Implementation system (organizational chart with roles, etc.);
3) Bylaws stipulating retention of recording documents;
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120 V2 Criteria5) State of implementation based on recurrence prevention measures (result ofchecking of the state of compliance, including the result of onsite inspection).
For the environmentally-friendly efforts in manufacturing (items), the check listof Attached Certificates shall be submitted.
(4) Printed matter shall not include the processed materials which do not correspondto the Table 4 “Processed materials fit for waste paper recycling”.
[Certification Procedure]
The fact that there is no use of “Processed materials suitable for waste paper
recycling” shown in Table 4 shall be indicated in the Attached Certificates. In caseof using non-dispersive ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) hot melt adhesive
and/or recycling-responsive seal(fully disintegrable adhesive paper) paper among
the materials in Table 4, test results or certificates made by the third party or
printing materials manufacturer which show the conformity to the standards
evaluated by the test methods shown in Table 5 shall be submitted.
4-2. Quality Criteria and Certification Procedure(1)

The quality standard of printed matter for each application shall be observed. The

quality control in manufacturing process shall be implemented sufficiently.
[Certification Procedure]
Certificates stating that the product complies with appropriate quality criteria
shall be submitted. Or, the self-certificate issued by the factory manager shall be
submitted, demonstrating that the manufacturing process has sufficient quality
control without violation of laws/regulations.

5. Product Classification, Indication and Others(1)-(4) Omitted.
(5) In principle, Eco Mark shown as below shall be indicated on the product. Regarding
licensee of Eco Mark Utilization Contract who already own Eco Mark products, theindication of the logo and certification number that have been used is also acceptable.

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120 V2 Criteria(Note for the indication)*For indicating the logo, Eco Mark certification number (eight-digit number) or thename of the licensee using the logo shall be appeared.
* Such expression as “Eco Mark product” can be used following the 2.(2) of the Guide to
Eco Mark Usage.
“Eco Mark product”, “#Eco Mark”, “www.ecomark.jp”, “Eco Mark Certificate”* If a licensee makes an environmental claim of the Eco Mark certified products
associating with the Eco Mark logo, please comply with the “Environmental Labeling
Guidelines” of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan.
(https://www.env.go.jp/policy/hozen/green/ecolabel/guideline/)* The Guide to Eco Mark Usage shall be followed for any cases not listed above.
(https://www.ecomark.jp/office/guideline/guide/)

Established: August 27, 2007
Revised: August 21, 2008 (Version2.1)
Revised: May 1, 2009 (Version2.2)
Revised: March 15, 2010 (Version2.3)
Revised: March 1, 2011 (Version2.4)
Revised: July 13, 2012 (Version2.5)
Revised: April 1, 2014 (Version2.6)
Revised: December 1, 2014 (Version2.7)
Revised: April 1, 2019 (Eco Mark indication)
Extension of expiration: March 1, 2021
Expiration date: August 31, 2027
The Certification Criteria for the Product Category will be revised when necessary.

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Attached Table 1. Japan Standard Commodity Classification
Class.
No.
92

1

Title
Published Matter
Newspaper (Main contents are news, commentary and critique, containing
advertisement. However, those whose contents are only commercial advertisement

92

11should be excluded. For the printing method, both typographic printing and othe r
special printings are applicable. They should not be bound, but so-called
correspondence that is distributed to newspaper publishers and others is included
here even if it is temporarily bound. )

92

111

Daily newspaper, general

92

112

Non-daily newspaper, general

92

113

Daily newspaper, special

92

114

Non-daily newspaper, special
Periodical publication except for magazines and newspapers (It should have a92

12certain title and be published continuously. However, those which are published oncea year or less frequently should be excluded. For the printing method, bothtypographic printing and other special printings are applicable.

92

121

General cultural magazines, General interesting magazines

92

122

Academic journals

92

123

Literary magazines, Art magazines

92

124

Entertainment, amusement and sport magazines

92

125

Management, industry and business magazines

92

126

Magazines for children

92

127

Magazines for women/housewives

92

128

Magazines for students (including entrance exam related)

92

129

Other periodicals

92

13

Books and Pamphlets

92

131

Books (49 pages or more)

92

132

Pamphlets (48 pages or less)

92

14

Maps and Diagrams (not included in books and pamphlets)

92

141

Maps (excluding statistical charts)

92

144

Photo-maps (including survey photos)

92

145

Diagrams

92

146

Charts/tables

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Attached Table 1.

Japan Standard Commodity Classification (continued)

Calligraphic works and paintings and musical scores (those excluded from books and

92

15

92

151

Replicas of calligraphic works and paintings (excluding postcards)

92

152

Print arts (only replicas)

92

153

Musical scores

92

154

Programs for events

92

155

92

156

Telephone books

92

159

Other calligraphic works and paintings, and musical scores

92

19

Other published matter

92

2

Published printed matter

92

21

Periodical published printed matter

92

211

Printed matter for newspapers

92

212

Printed matter for magazines

92

219

Other Periodical published printed matter

92

22

Nonscheduled published printed matter

92

221

Printed matter for books

92

222

Pamphlets (48 pages or less)

92

223

Printed matter for maps

92

224

Printed matter for musical scores

92

225

Printed matter for study-aid books

92

226

Printed matter for drills

92

229

Other nonscheduled published printed matter

92

3

Commercial printed matter

92

31

Printed matter for advertisement

92

311

Posters

92

312

Pamphlets

92

313

Catalogs

92

315

Calendars

92

319

92

32

Printed matter for other business

92

321

Commemorative papers/magazines

pamphlets)

Calendars (not for advertisement) However, desk calendars are classified in ECOMark Product Category No. 112 “Paper Stationery”.

Other printed matter for advertisement (Postcards with illustrations and greetingcards are classified under Eco Mark Product Category No. 112 “Paper Stationery”.)

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Table 1

Japan Standard Commodity Classification (continued)

92

322

Report papers

92

323

Registers (name lists)

92

324

Specifications

92

325

Company magazines

92

329

Other printed matter for other business (including manuals)

92

39

Other printed matter for commercial use

92

4

Printed Certificates

92

41

General Printed Certificates

92

411

Financial certificates

92

412

Gift certificates (coupon)

92

413

92

414

Lottery tickets

92

415

Pass (safe-conduct)

92

419

Other general printed certificates

92

521

Paper photos

Stamps and official postcards (Unofficial postcards are classified under Eco Mark
Product Category No. 112 “Paper Stationery”.)

Attached Table 2. Processed paper and inks which are not suited for paper recycling
Classification

Processed paper

Inks

Printed-matter resources
Colored paper, fancy paper
Polyethylene and other resin coated paper, laminated paper
Resin-impregnated paper (excluding water-soluble type),
glassine, India paper, parchment paper, tarpaulin paper,
waxed paper, Cellophane, synthetic paper, carbon paper,carbonless paper, thermal paper, pressured paper (pressured
postal cards), printed paper, sublimation transfer paper,
heat-sensitive foam paper, aromatic paper
EB ink, fluorescent ink, heat-sensitive ink, desensitized
printing ink, magnetic ink, sublimation ink, foam printing
ink, aromatic ink

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Attached Table: 3-A.

Approaches with consideration given to environment in
manufacturing process (items)

Check item A “Printing process”
1) Prepress - plate making*Choose either “[1]-A” or “[1]-B.”[1]-A The process digitization ratio (adoption of DTP) is 50% or more andresources saving and generation of wastes are suppressed.
* Evaluation formula = [number of cases of plate making services in which DTP is adopted]/ [number of all cases of plate making services]* Definition of plate making services in which DTP is adopted: When of plate making
service in one order-receiving service, 50% or more of total plates or plate area are formedby DTP, such service shall be regarded as plate making services in which DTP is adopted.

[1]-B In a process to use B plate-making film, silver is 100% recovered, etc. fromwaste liquid and plate-making film.
* Evaluation formula = [Amount of plate-making waste liquid + plate-making film for whichsilver is recovered, etc.] / [generation amount of total plate-making waste liquid + platemaking film]* In principle, silver shall be 100% recovered, but several percents may be regarded as
errors.

2) Prepress - machine plate: [applicable only to the case in which the printing
plate of aluminum base material is used][2] As an approach of energy saving and resources saving, printing plates (ofaluminum base material) are 100% recycled.
*This criterion is not applicable when no printing plate of aluminum base material is used.
* Evaluation formula = [Number of printing plates (aluminum base material) recycled] /[total number of printing plates (aluminum base material) used]*In principle, printing plates shall be 100% recycled but several percents may be regarded
as errors.

3) Printing (press) - sheet-feed press: [applicable only to the case in which a sheetfeed press is used][3] As an approach of suppressing VOC emission, VOC emission suppressing
measures such as placing covers to discarded waste-cloths containers anddetergent containers are taken.
[4] As an approach of suppressing generation of wastes as well as recycling, therecycling ratio of spoilage to papermaking stock shall be 80% or more.
* Evaluation formula = [recycled amount to papermaking stock] / [spoilage, etc. generation
amount from printing process]* Definition of spoilage, etc.: means waste sheets and residual paper generated fromprinting process. Spoilage generated from other processes is not included.
* Recycled amount to papermaking stock: Do not include the recycled amount (RPF, heatrecovery, etc.) other than recycling to papermaking stock.

4) Printing (press) - rotary press: [applicable only to the case in which a rotarypress is used]

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printing, VOC emission treatment equipment (deodorizing equipment) is 100%
installed and properly operated and managed.

Or UV printing is carried out.

[6] VOC emission suppressing measures such as placing covers to discarded
waste-cloths containers and detergent containers are taken.
[7] As an approach of suppressing generation of wastes as well as recycling, therecycling ratio of spoilage to papermaking stock shall be 80% or more.
* Evaluation formula = [recycled amount to papermaking stock] / [spoilage, etc. generation
amount from printing process]* Definition of spoilage, etc.: means waste sheets and residual paper generated fromprinting process. Spoilage generated from other processes is not included.
* Recycled amount to papermaking stock: Do not include the recycled amount (RPF, heatrecovery, etc.) other than recycling to papermaking stock.

Annex 3-B.

Approaches with consideration given to environment in manufacturing
process (items)

Check item B “Bookbinding process”
5) Processing - Surface treatment[8] As an approach of suppressing VOC emission, alcohols are used at theconcentration less than 30%.
[9] As an approach for promoting recycling, the recycle ratio of waste sheets, etc.
to recycled paper, etc. is 80% or more
* Evaluation formula = [recycled amount to waste paper, etc.] / [waste sheet, etc. generation
amount from printing process]* Definition of waste sheet, etc.: means waste sheet, residual paper, and residual film
generated from the gloss-treatment process. Spoilage generated from other processes is
not included.
* Recycled amount to waste paper, etc.: Recycling to waste paper, etc. means all kinds ofrecycle including recycle to waste paper, RPF, and resin, heat recovery, and others.

6) Processing - Bookbinding[10] In the bookbinding process, approaches are made to suppress noise andvibrations such as prohibiting windows and doors from being kept open, etc.
[11] As an approach for promoting recycling, the recycle ratio of spoilage, etc. topapermaking stock shall be 70% or more.
* Evaluation formula = [recycled amount to papermaking stock] / [spoilage, etc. generation
amount from the process]* Definition of spoilage, etc.: means waste sheets, etc. generated from bookbinding process.
* Recycled amount to papermaking stock: Do not include the recycled amount (RPF, heatrecovery, etc.) other than recycling to papermaking stock.

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Attached Table 4
Majorclassification
Processed
resources“Processed resources suitable for waste paper recycle”

Minorclassification
Bookbinding
Surfacetreatment
Other
treatments

Printed-matter resources
Wire for bookbinding, stapler, etc., non-dispersive EVA
hot melt, PUR based hot melt, water-soluble paste
Gloss coating (varnishing, press coating)
Recycle-friendly seal (fully disintegrable adhesive paper)

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Annex 5-A “Evaluation test method and evaluation criteria of difficult-to-shred EVAbased hot melt”[1] Evaluation Test Method
1. Test sample(1) Used newspaper (no handbills): AD 50 g (size: 3 cm by 3 cm square)(2) Hot melt adhesives: to be film.
Number of films: 3 sheets
Thickness: 0.8 mm ±0.02 mm
Size: 3 cm by 3 cm square*Thickness of hot melt adhesives shall be the one obtained 2 hours after the application at 23°C.
*Remove burrs generated when film is cut.
2. Apparatus, instruments, chemicals, etc. used
(1) Apparatus
1) TAPPI standard pulp disintegrator (JIS P-8209/TAPPI T205)
2) Flat screen (oscillating screen), pulp receiving woven wire
*Use screen plates with 6-cut (0.15 mm) and 10-cut (0.25 mm) and effective area of 30x25 cm.
For those with the controllable liquid level, for example, achieve about 11 cm water depth.
3) Rotary dryer (used at 120°C).
(2) Instruments, chemicals, etc.
1) Sodium hydroxide (use aqueous sodium hydroxide solution adjusted to the concentration of
50 g/L).
2) Bucket (for 5L)3) Razor
4) Glass beaker5) Buchner funnel (150 mm in diameter)/suction bottle
6) Filter paper (No. 2, 150 mm in diameter)
7) Dyestuff (for example, the one corresponding to 3% aqueous solution of Cl Direct Blue 264)
8) PPC paper (those that do not generate liquid pool at the time of applying dyestuff: forexample, sizing: about 20±5 seconds; basis weight: 64 g/m 2, A4 paper size)9) Brush (those that can apply dyestuff uniformly)10) Dirt Comparison Chart (Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance)
3. Evaluation procedure(1) Disintegration
1) Set a pulp disintegrator containing 2 L of 30°C ±3°C water and 10 mL of caustic soda
solution (concentration: 50 g/L); then, charge in AD 50 g of used newspaper and hot melt
adhesive film to be evaluated.
2) Carry out disintegration treatment on the sample for 30 minutes at the rotating speed of3000 rpm.
3) Then, receive the disintegrated slurry into a bucket together with washing water to give a
total volume of about 5L.
(2) Flat screen treatment I (10-cut screen)
1) Set a 10-cut flat screen and adjust the water flow rate to 10 L/min.
2) Charge in the disintegrated slurry into a 10-cut flat screen and conduct screening
treatment for 5 minutes (wash out stuck material on the apparatus wall appropriately).
3) Recover accepted slurry by woven wire with a 100-μm aperture (150-mesh slurry ormore)(discard rejected slurry).
4) Receive the accepted slurry into a bucket and add enough diluting water to give a total
volume of about 5 L.
(3) Flat screen treatment II (6-cut screen)
1) Set 6-cut flat screen and adjust the water flow rate to 10 L/min.
2) Charge the accepted slurry treated by the 10-cut flat screen into the 6-cut flat screen andconduct screening treatment for 6 minutes.

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4.
Evaluation method(1) Residue recovery
1) Scrape off the rejected slurry by razor, etc. and recover into a glass beaker (discard theaccepted slurry).
2) While diluting the residue recovered into the beaker appropriately, suction-filter the
residue by the use of a Buchner funnel so that the residue is uniformly dispersed on a filter
paper.
(2) Melting and transferring of hot-melt adhesives
1) Pre-dry hot-melt adhesives with care to prevent moisture from being lost (Ex. for about 30
seconds by a 105°C dryer).
2) Place one sheet of PPC paper over the residue as if it sandwiches the residue with the filter
paper, dry for 2 minutes by a rotary dryer set to 210°C to dry the filter paper and melt the
hot-melt adhesives and transfer them to the PPC paper. After transferring, immediately
peel off the filter paper.
(3) Dyeing
Apply water-based dyestuff to the bonded surface side of the PPC paper by brush.
(4) Counting of hot-melt adhesives
Visually count the number of whit spots (0.1 mm 2 or more by the Dirt Comparison Chart) which
the dyestuff repelled.
[2] Evaluation Criteria
1. Quantity
For the number of residues on the 6-cut flat screen, [1] N (number of test samples) = 3 is prescribed, and [2] theaverage is 20 pieces or less, and [3] the maximum is 30 pieces or less.

2. Cutting method
Test samples to be subject to the standard disintegrator shall be cut by a paper cutter.
*The present evaluation test method and evaluation method are reprinted from “Survey Report on the
bookbinding method for magazine that is suitable for recycling,” March 2001 (Paper Recycling
Promotion Center/commissioned to: the Japan Federation of Printing Industries), conducted by the
project of recycle-friendly paper products development promotion measures under the 2000
government subsidy project.

Annex 5-B:

Standard test method and evaluation criteria of recycle-friendly seals”[1] Standard test method
1. Scope
This test method prescribes the evaluation of recycle-friendly seals.
Remarks 1. The seal formed by integrating paper seal base material including adhesives withrelease paper is tested as it is and not tested with the base material, adhesives, andrelease paper separated.
2. Disintegration is assumed to be primarily attributed to adhesives but the basematerial and release paper shall be handled in the same manner.
2. Samples
Cut seals into 30 mm x 30 mm ±3 mm with the release paper affixed. Weigh the cut seals to 5.00
g ±0.05 g and combine them with 45.00 g ±0.05 g of bond paper cut into 30 mm x 30 mm ±3 mm to
make a test sample for one test.
Remarks 1. Adjust samples in the standard state (temperature: 23°C ±1°C; humidity: 50%±2%) of
JIS P 8111, and use both seals and bond paper which have been kept to the standard
state for at least 12 hours.
2. Use bond paper which scarcely develops residue on the screen plate when the same
operation is performed with 50.00 g±0.05 g used as sample.

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3. Test devices, etc.
3.1 Standard pulp disintegrator
Use the one prescribed in Annex-A of JIS P 8220.
3.2

Flat screen
Use commercially available flat screens for testing and screen plates. Several type s ofoscillating screens equipped with a screen box having dimensions of 254 mm by 304 mm and 220
mm in height and a mechanism that adjusts and maintains the level of water in the screen box
to 100 mm by adjusting a gate and a diaphragm that oscillates 690 to 700 times per minutes and3.2 mm vertically below the screen plate are marketed for testing in Japan.
Remarks 1. Specifications of commercially available flat screens are shown in Separate table.

3.3

Screen plate
Use a 6-cut screen plate attached to the testing machine.
Remarks 1. To the screen plate, slits of predetermined openings are engraved. Screen plateswith slits 3.18 mm in pitch and 70 mm in length arranged in three rows and slits
47 mm long arranged in four rows are commercially available.

3.4

Service water
Use well water, tap water, and other clean water.

3.5

NaOH
Dissolve 50.0 g of sodium hydroxide to give a total volume of 1,000 mL.

4. Testing procedure(1) Add 10 mL ±1 mL of NaOH to 2,000 mL of 30°C ±2°C service water, and place in adisintegration tank of the standard disintegrator.
(2) Immediately add sample, cover the disintegration tank and start rotation of the disintegrator.
(3) After continuing the disintegration tank rotation for 20 minutes ±5 seconds, stop rotation.
(4) Set a predetermined screen plate to the flat screen, fill to the predetermined water level, andadjust the water flow rate to achieve 10 L/min.
(5) Start the screen and charge in the sample slurry disintegrated in Paragraph (3) into the screen.
Thoroughly clean the disintegration tank and add washings to the screen inside.
(6) After continuing screen oscillation and flow for 7 minutes ±10 seconds from the initial charge-inof sample slurry, stop flow and oscillation.
(7) Open a waste plug of the screen and collect residue remaining in the screen tank onto thescreen plate. It is recommended to collect residues remaining on the tank wall by the use of awater stream of a washing bottle onto the screen, and it is not preferable to use a large quantityof water such as tap water, etc.
(8) Collect residues on the screen plate by the use of a safety razor blade and recover them into analuminum foil cup which has been pre-dried and weighed.
Remarks 1. A single edged razor is easier to use for the safety razor.
(9) Dry aluminum foil cup in a dryer whose temperature is controlled to 105°C ±5°C until aconstant weight is reached.
Remarks 1. Two hours are usually enough for drying time if a hot air circulating thermostat
bath is used.
(10) After drying, weigh the aluminum foil cup to the nearest 1 mg.
(11) Repeat the above procedures for 3 sets of samples.

5. Calculation
The amount of residue is found by subtracting the dry weight of aluminum foil cup which isweighed in advance from the weight of aluminum foil cup containing the sample and is expressed
in increments of 1 mg.
Attached table: Specifications of flat screen of various companies

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Specifications

unit

Screen box

Breadth
Width

mm
mm

254
304

254
304

254
304.8

254
304

HeightHeight

mm
mm

220
100

220
100

222.25
101.6

220
100

Oscillation
frequency
Amplitude

cpm

700

690-700

690-700

690-700

mm

3.2

3.2

Length
Pitch

mm
mm

47
3.18

70

69.85
3.175

70
3

Gate
Diaphragm
Slit

Company A Company B Company C Company D[2] Evaluation criteria
Seals whose residue amount is all less than 50 mg in three tests by the standard test method aredesignated as recycle-friendly seals.
* The present standard test method and evaluation criteria are reprinted from “Survey report on
establishment of standard test method and establishment of evaluation criteria of used paper recyclefriendly seals and UV ink,” March 2006 (Paper Recycling Promotion Center/commissioned to: theJapan Federation of Printing Industries), conducted by the project of recycle -friendly paper products
development promotion measures under the 2005 government subsidy project.

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Annex Table 6 “Judging Standards of Cover Paper/Color Paper” (Excerpted only parts
related to A-Rank)
1.

Target of Judgment
Targets to be judged by the standard shall be printing paper/paper forcommunication that do not fall under the plain paper in the rank list.
2.

Judging Recycle Fitness of Cover Paper/Color Paper

2.1. Judging Procedure
Judgment on recycle fitness of the cover paper/color paper shall be made, following
the judgment chart of Fig. 1.
評価対象製品
Judgedproduct

Cover
ファンシー
paper
ペーパー
check
list
チェックリストA rank
Aランク品

Aランク品
A rankに該当しない

Aランク品
Not
に該当する
A rank

抄色紙
Color
paper
Aランク
A rank基準
standard

1 item or
1項目以上
more not不満足
satisfied

ファンシー
Cover
paper
ペーパー
check
list
チェックリストB rank
Bランク品

Bランク品にNot B rank
該当しない

Bランク品
Not
B rankに該当する

Allすべてitems
満足する
satisfied

抄色紙
Color
paper
Bランク
B rank基準
standard

1 item or
1項目以上
more not不満足
satisfied

Color
paper
抄色紙
B
rank
Bランク
standard
基準

1 item or
1項目以上
more
not
不満足
satisfied

All すべてitems
満足する
satisfied

すべて
All
items
満足する
satisfied

Aランク
A rank

Bランク
B
rank

Bランク
B
rank
Cランク
C
rank

CCランク
rank

CまたはDランクC or D rank

Fig. 1 Chart for Judging Recycle Fitness of Cover Paper/Color Paper
2.2. Pertinent Regulations
The following 4 types of regulations shall be used to make this judgment:(1) Cover Paper Checklist(2) Color Paper Judging Standards(3) Disintegration/Bleaching Methods(4) Method for Measuring Brightness, etc.

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3.

Cover Paper Checklist
The cover paper checklist shall be as shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1
Classification
Items listed
in the Rank
List

Items notlisted in the
Rank List

Cover Paper Checklist

Item Name
Laminated paper
Tack paper (Seal)
Resin-impregnated paper
Parchment paper
Synthetic paper
Nonwoven fabric
Paper
Pasted items (Only those using water soluble glue)
Pasted items (Those using glues other than watersoluble ones)
Tracing paper
Those being board
Surface Treatment
Pearl pigment coating
Embossing (Including laid feltmark, etc.)
Calendering
Aluminum evaporation coating
Water-resistance processing
Dye/pigment-included base design
Surface dying

OthersUse of Different Materials
Staple fiber hair
Film
Wool
Acrylic fiber
Rag (Cotton waste cloth)
SludgeNonwood Pulp Used
Cotton linterDeccan hemp
BagasseBambooStraw
Linen (Hemp)
Others
Falling under materials evaluated as Rank List A
Falling under materials evaluated as Rank List B
Falling under materials evaluated as Rank List C
Falling under materials evaluated as Rank List D
Using raw material/processing not listed in Rank List
Used material unknown
Processing unknown

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Rank
Ｂ
Ｂ
Ｃ
Ｃ
Ｃ
Ｃ
Rank
Ａ
Ｂ
Ｂ
Ｂ
Rank
Ａ
Ａ
Ａ
Ｃ
Ｃ
(Evaluated as a Color
Paper.)(Evaluated as a Color
Paper.)
Rank
Ｃ
Ｃ
Ｃ
Ｃ
Ｃ
Ｃ
Rank
Ａ
Ａ
Ａ
Ａ
Ａ
Ａ
Rank
Ａ
Ｂ
Ｃ
Ｄ
Ｃ
Ｃ
Ｃ

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4.

Color Paper Judging Standard

4.1. Reference Value
The judging standard of color paper shall be as shown in Table 2:
Table 2

Color Paper Judging Standard

Rank

Brightness

Value L*

Value a*Value b*Rank A Reference

65 or higher

85 or higher

Absolute

Absolute

value lessvalue lessthan 10than 10-20 to 15-15 to 35

Rank B

30 or higher

75 or higher

Reference
4.2. Judgment as Rank A
A sheet produced by a disintegration/bleaching test of a product or a sample ismeasured for brightness, value L*, value a*, and value b*. When mean values of all
samples satisfy the A-Rank standard, the sheet shall be judged as A-Rank.

5.

Disintegration/Bleaching Test Method

5.1. Samples
Samples conditioned for 12 hours or longer in standard atmosphere of JIS P 8111
(temperature of 23℃±1℃ and (50±2)％r.h.）shall be used. Those cut to 30×30±
3mm shall be weighed to be 50.00±0.05g and offered to testing.
The breakdown of samples shall be 90wt% of base paper to be specified below and10wt% of color paper to be offered to testing.
※Specification of base paper：Paper that satisfies “2. Paper, etc. (1) Item and Judging
Standard, etc. [Paper for Communication], Copying Paper, Judging Standard” in“Basic Policy on Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods”

5.2. Disintegration and Bleaching
Disintegration/bleaching or disintegration shall be implemented according to J.Tappi
No.39 3., 4., 6.1.1. A test shall be performed 3 times. Conditions shall be as follows:・Standard disintegrator (that specified in JIS P 8220, Appendix A), disintegration
time of 20 minutes ± 5 seconds
・2000±10mL of warm water at 50°C±2°C (When samples are charged)
・Chemicals to be added: To a sample, NaOH water solution of 2%, sodium silicate
solution No.3 of 4%, hydrogen peroxide solution of 2%, and deinking chemical water
solution of 0.18%

5.3. Sheet Production
Four measurement sheets of approximately 200g/m 2 shall be produced from a sample

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slurry after disintegration/bleaching, by the absorption/filtration method andaccording to JIS P 8212 7.2.
6.

Method for Measuring Brightness, etc.
Products or sheets produced by the disintegration/bleaching method shall bemeasured for brightness, etc. with the following method:

6.1. Measurement of Products
According to JIS P 8148 7., 8. and JIS P 8150 8., 10., and by using a reflectometer
specified in JIS P 8148 5., 10 or more test pieces sampled from products shall bestacked so that a front surface faces up.

Then, ISO brightness of the surface shallbe measured in increments of 0.05% and CIELAB coordinates (L*, a*, b*) shall bemeasured in increments of 0.05.
For the ISO brightness, mean values shall be rounded in 0.05% unit, and for L*, a*,b*, mean values of each of them shall be rounded to 3-digit significant figures, whichshall be measurement results.
6.2. Measurement of Sheets Produced by the Disintegration/Bleaching Test
According to JIS P 8148 7., 8. and JIS P 8150 8., 10., and by using a reflectometer
specified in JIS P 8148 5., 4 sheets shall be stacked as a set with the top face during
filtration as a front side. Then, ISO brightness of the sheet surface shall be measured
in increments of 0.05% and CIELAB coordinates (L*, a*, b*）shall be measured inincrements of 0.05.
For the ISO brightness, mean values shall be rounded in 0.05% unit, and for L*, a*,b*, mean values of each of them shall be rounded to 3-digit significant figures, whichshall be measurement results.

7. Reference Standards
J.Tappi No.39

Deinking test method for waste paper

JIS P 8111

Paper, board and pulps – Standard atmosphere for conditioning
and testing

JIS P 8148

Paper, board and pulps – Measurement of diffuse blue
reflectance factor (ISO brightness)

JIS P 8150

Paper and board – Determination of colour (C/2 degree) –Diffuse reflectance method

JIS P 8212

Pulps – Measurement of diffuse blue reflectance factor (ISObrightness)

JIS P 8220

Pulps – Laboratory wet disintegration※The judging standard was a revision of the standard established based on “200819/20

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Investigative Report on Production and Dissemination of Recyclable Printing
Materials” (Paper Recycling Promotion Center/ Japan Federation of Printing
Industries, March, 2009).

The revision was made in the Used Paper Recycles

Commitee meeting held on February 15, 2010.

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