Eco Mark Product Category No. 108“Sanitary Paper Version2.10”
Certification Criteria- Applicable ScopeTissue paper, toilet paper, and coarse tissue paper (excluding paper towels andother types of sanitary paper).

Established: February 20, 2003
Last revised: April 1, 2019Japan Environment Association
Eco Mark Office

Expiration date: March 31, 2030
NOTE: This document is a translation of the criteria written in Japanese. In theevent of dispute, the original document should be taken as authoritative.

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Eco Mark Product Category No.108“Sanitary Paper Version2.10”
Certification Criteria
Japan Environment Association
Eco Mark Office
1. Purpose of Establishing Criteria
Annual production of sanitary paper in Japan in 2001 totaled some 1.71 million
tons, of which tissue paper, toilet paper and coarse tissue paper (chirigami)
accounted for about 1.48 million tons and it has no recycle use in itself. While somesanitary papers are made exclusively with recycled paper, sanitary paper has
contributed to various environmental impacts such as: deforestation of primaryresources for raw-materials of paper production; production of paper of excessive
brightness which requires selected high-quality raw materials; energy consumption
for production, chemical use, and water contamination.
In particular, information on chemical substances is gradually accumulatingwith the enforcement of the “Law Concerning Reporting, etc. of Release to theEnvironment of Specific Chemical Substances and Promoting Improvements in
Their Management” (the PRTR Law). This leads to an increasing need to clearlyprescribe a careful handling of chemicals as an Eco Mark certification condition forsanitary paper.
Currently, the amount of toilet paper made exclusively of waste paper exceedsthat of toilet paper containing no recycled raw materials. However, the production
percentage of the former to the latter is now rapidly declining.
In addition to the use of the current waste paper and careful handling ofchemical substances, wide use of environmentally considered sanitary paper toencourage the use of waste paper will contribute significantly to environmentalconservation.
Recently, many international conferences have been held to discuss“sustainable forest management,” and some certification systems are being
formulated by third parties. If a consensus can be reached regarding such acertification system, it may be incorporated in the criteria for the Eco Markcertification.
The criteria of this product category No. 108 “Sanitary Paper” will be reviewed

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as the category has reached the end of its 5-year deadline from its establishment in1997. The category continues to focus on paper for communication that imparts a
reduced burden on the environment in terms of its raw materials, production
processes, recycling and disposal.

2. Applicable Scope
Tissue paper, toilet paper, and coarse tissue paper (excluding paper towels andother types of sanitary paper).

3. Terminology
Sanitary paper

A general term for tissue paper, toilet paper, coarse tissue
paper, paper towels and other paper for sanitary use.

Waste paper:Collected post-consumer waste paper and pre-consumer
waste paper.

Post-consumer

Used paper generated from stores, offices and households

waste paperand containing those to be used as a raw material for paperby paper manufacturers (including those that are shipped
as articles and returned after passing through thedistribution chain).

Pre-consumer

Paper generated from the working process following thewaste paper

paper making process of base paper, and used as a raw
material by paper manufacturers.
However, the following shall not be treated as waste paper:
paper which is generated if processing is performed in afactory or workplace that uses paper as a raw material,
such as paper processing factories, paper products factories,
or printing and bookbinding plants of a paper manufacturer(including an associated company such as a subsidiary,
affiliated company, etc. of said paper manufacturer) or if
said paper manufacturer has other contractor to conductprocessing through commissioning of the product before its
shipment, and which is used by said paper manufacturer asa raw material for paper without being shipped as articles.
(If paper leaves said paper manufacturer, etc. and is
distributed by way of a third party, it shall be treated as

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waste paper, excluding a case in which waste sheet isintentionally treated as waste paper.)
Percentage

of Weight percentage of waste pulp in pulp contained inwaste

paper product. Expressed by (waste paper pulp) / (virgin pulp +pulp:

waste paper pulp) x 100 (%). However, the weight of thepulp is measured under the condition of containing 10%
moisture. In addition, waste sheets shall not be included in
the denominator and numerator, respectively, of thecalculating formula of waste paper pulp combination rate..

Waste sheets

Waste paper shall fall under any of the following:- Those generated in the paper making process, and directlyreturned to the paper making process to be used as a raw
material (so-called “circulating waste sheet”.

Wet brokeand dry broke)- Those stored in a paper making factory or operator andused as a raw material (so-called “stocked waste sheets”)- Those stipulated by the conditional clause in the definitionof the pre-consumer waste paper described above.
Paper“PAPER (142)” listed in the Medium Category of the Japan

ManufacturerStandard Industrial Classification (The Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications Public Notice No. 175 ofMarch 23, 2009), and “Paper (1421)”, “Paperboard (1422)”,“Machine-madeJapanesestylepaper(1423)”

and“Hand-made Japanese style paper (1424)” in the SmallCategory.
Subsidiary,Those defined in each section of Article 8 of “Ordinance onaffiliate

Terminology, Forms and Preparation Methods of Financial

company, andStatements, etc.” based on the stipulation of Article 193 ofassociatedthe Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 ofcompany

1948).

Fluorescent

An agent that fluoresces under UV light and visuallywhitening agent:enhances the whiteness of paper.

Prescribed

Components intentionally added with the purpose ofconstituent

providing specific characteristics to the product. Impurities
that inevitably enter during the manufacturing process areexcluded.

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4. Certification Criteria and Certification Procedure*Attachments and certificates shall be submitted to indicate compliance to criteria.
4-1. Environmental Criteria and Certification Procedure(1) The percentage of waste paper in pulp mixture shall be 100%.
[Certification Procedure]
Certificate for the percentage of waste paper pulp issued by a paper
manufacturer shall be submitted. The certificates shall include the items below.
1) Thorough management at a manufacturing plant (by specifying thepercentage of waste paper pulp of Eco Mark products in a written technicalstandard (quality standard), etc.)
2) Clear indication of names of those who are in charge of manufacturing or
quality control of Eco Mark products at a manufacturing plant (hereinafterreferred to as a person in charge of Eco Mark products)(2) In manufacturing the applied product, related environmental laws andregulations and pollution control agreement (hereinafter referred to as the“Environmental Laws, etc.”) must be followed with respect to air pollution, watercontamination, noise, offensive odor, and emission of hazardous substances in thearea where the plant performing the final manufacturing process is located.
In addition, the state of compliance with the Environmental Laws, etc. for thepast five years from the date of application (whether there is any violation) must
be reported. If there is any violation, proper remedies and preventive measures
shall have been already taken, and the related Environmental Laws, etc. must
thereafter be followed appropriately..
[Certification Procedure]With respect to the compliance with the Environmental Laws, etc. in the area
where the plant performing the final manufacturing process is located, acertificate issued by the representative of the business of manufacturing theapplied product or the relevant plant manager (entry or attachment of a list ofnames of the Environmental Laws, etc.) must be submitted.
In addition, the applicants shall report whether there is any violation in thepast five years, including a violation subject to administrative punishment oradministrative guidance, and if there is, the following documents in a and b
must be submitted:
a. With respect to the fact of violation, guidance documents from administrative

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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. in1)-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;
4) Recurrence prevention measures (future preventive measures);5) State of implementation based on recurrence prevention measures (resultof checking of the state of compliance, including the result of onsite
inspection).
In addition, if the Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts of SpecificChemical Substances in the Environment and Promotion of Improvements tothe Management Thereof is applicable to a plant manufacturing products andsubstances covered thereby (Class 1 designated chemical substance) are used
more than the prescribed amount the reporting responsibility of which isdefined by the law, a certificate stating the amount of emission and transfer ofeach substance to be issued by Manager of the plant manufacturing the productshall be submitted.
(3) The product shall not contain fluorescent whitening agents as prescribed
constituents.
[Certification Procedure]
Certificates issued by the paper manufacturer indicating whether fluorescent
whitening agents are used shall be submitted.
(4) The product packaging shall be designed to facilitate recycling and shall
impart a reduced environmental burden when incinerated.
[Certification Procedure]
Details shall be indicated in the Attached Certificate.
(5) Azo colorants (dyes and pigments) which may generate one or more amines ofTable 1 in the decomposition of one or more azo radicals by reduction shall not beused. If used, one or more amines listed in Table 1 shall not be detected in 30 mg

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per kg or more of the product.
[Certification Procedure]
Certificates issued by the paper manufacturer indicating whether theconcerned substances are used shall be submitted. If used, one of the threecertificates 1) to 3) below issued by the paper manufacturer to certify that noamines in Table 1 exceeding 30 mg per kg in the product have been detectedshall be submitted.
1) Certificates specifying that no azo colorants exceeding 30 mg per kg of theproduct are contained.
2) Certificates specifying that no amines in Table 1 have been detectedexceeding 30 mg per kg of the product after considering every such risk intheory.
3) Certificates specifying that no amines in Table 1 exceeding 30 mg per kg of
the product have been detected by an analysis method prescribed in the list ofpublic testing methods based on Article 35 of the German law on foods anddaily supplies.

4-2. Quality Criteria and Certification Procedure(6) The quality of the toilet paper shall conform to the provisional items of JIS P
4501 concerning areal weight, burst strength, water solubility and form. They
shall also apply to a roll of toilet paper which can be one, two- or more-ply. For theitems specially agreed on between the transaction parties, the quality concerning
such items may be subject to the agreement.
For tissue paper and toilet paper, quality control shall be implemented sufficiently
in the manufacturing stage.
For fluorescent tissue paper, it shall be ensured that no fluorescing agent is eluted,
according to “Regarding Method for Inspecting Packages for Appliances orContainers Using Fluorescent Substance” of Health, Labour, and Welfare
Ministry (Notice of Standards and Evaluation Division, Dept. of Food Safety,
Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, No. 0107001, Notice of Inspection andSafety Division, Dept. of Food Safety, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau,
No.0107001, dated January 2004).
[Certification Procedure]
Documents certifying compliance with corresponding quality criteria shall besubmitted. For tissue paper and toilet paper, certificates and self-certificatesissued by the manager of the plant manufacturing the product indicating that

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quality control is implemented thoroughly in the manufacturing stage and thatno violation has been committed. For fluorescence of tissue paper, test results
shall be submitted.

5. Product Classification, Indication and Others
Omitted.

Established on February 20, 2003 (Version2.0)
Revised: December 23, 2003 (Eco Mark Usage)
Revised: April 8, 2004 (4-2.(6))
Revised: July 1, 2004 (statements below Eco Mark Version2.1)
Revised: October 14, 2004 (definition of pre-consumer waste paper)
Revised: Nov. 1, 2004
Revised: Oct. 19, 2006 (Version2.3, deletion of 6. Other Requirement)
Revised: July 1, 2008 (Version2.4)
Revised: August 21, 2008 (Version2.5)
Revised: May 1, 2009 (Version2.6)
Revised: March 1, 2011 (Version2.7)
Revised: July 13, 2012 (Version2.8)
Extension of Expiration date: February 1, 2014
Revised: April 1, 2014 (Version2.9: 3. Terminology)
Revised: June 1, 2017 (Version2.10: 4-2. (10))
Extension of Expiration date: January 7, 2019
Revised: April 1, 2019 (Eco Mark Usage)
Extension of Expiration date: March 15, 2023
Expiration: March 31, 2030
The Certification Criteria for the Product Category will be revised when necessary.

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Table 1. Amines that shall not be generated as a result of the decomposition of azo
radicals
Chemical substance

CAS No.

1 4-aminodiphenyl

92-67-1

2 benzidine

92-87-5

3 4-chloro-0-toluidine

95-69-2

4 2-naphthylamine

91-59-8

5 0-aminoazotoluene

97-56-3

6 2-amino-4-nitrotoluene

99-55-8

7 p-chloroaniline

106-47-8

8 2,4-diaminoanisole

615-05-4

9 4,4'diaminophenylmethane

101-77-9

10 3,3'dichlorobenzidine

91-94-1

11 3,3'dimethoxybenzidine

119-90-4

12 3,3'dimethylbenzidine

119-93-7

13 3,3'dimethyl-4,4'diaminodiphenylmethane

838-88-0

14 p-cresidine

120-71-8

15 4,4'methylene-bis-(2-chloroaniline)

101-14-4

16 4,4'oxydianiline

101-80-4

17 4,4'thiodianiline

139-65-1

18 0-toluidine

95-53-4

19 2,4-toluilenediamine

95-80-7

20 2,4,5-trimethylaniline

137-17-7

21 0-anisidine

90-04-0

22 4-Aminoazobenzene

60-09-3

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