Certified materials
What does ‘certified materials’ mean?
Certified materials are materials that have been subjected to detailed analysis and evaluation. All of their constituent substances must be known, i.e. all chemicals be identified in terms of their Chemical Abstracts Service registry numbers (CAS no.).
These CAS numbers are assessed by MBDC or EPEA with the help of the chemical assessment regarding their toxicological and eco-toxicological properties (according to their ABC-X categorisation). There are some chemicals whose use automatically makes a product ineligible for certification (‘banned chemicals’).
Only products ready for a continuous closed cycle can earn the certificate. In our case: all constituent substances have to be suitable for the biological cycle.
Which materials are certified
Basic Print Kit
| Pureprint nature white = offset paper = uncoated paper | Pureprint coated silk 1,08 bulk volume = art paper |
| Pureprint nature ivory = offset paper = uncoated paper | Pureprint offset printing inks CMYK |
| Pureprint jewel = mineral paper | Pureprint spray powder |
| Pureprint magazine paper gloss | Pureprint dispersion varnish for coated paper |
| Pureprint grass paper coated = coated paper | Pureprint nonpermanent hotmelt |
| Pureprint grass paper uncoated = uncoated paper | Pureprint PUR hotmelt |
| Pureprint coated gloss = art paper = coated paper | Pureprint dispersion adhesive for children board books |
| Pureprint coated silk = art paper = coated paper |
Packaging Kit
| Pureprint cardboard ivory | Pureprint cardboard bright white double-sided coated |
| Pureprint cardboard white single-sided coated | Pureprint cardboard bright white double-sided coated, laminated |
| Pureprint cardboard white double-sided coated | Pureprint cardboard grass paper single-sided coated |
| Pureprint folding box board single-sided coated | Pureprint permanent hotmelt |
| Pureprint cardboard bright white single-sided coated |
What can be manufactured with the certified materials?
Whether postcards, printed business supplies, flyers, posters, folders, brochures, books, sustainability reports or other company reports, environmental statements or folding boxes: everything is possible. Just ask a community partner in your area!
Roadmap 2019/2020
‘We take pleasure in all of our past achievements.
But we will never be satisfied.’
We want to optimise even more materials for the Cradle to Cradle certificate in order to be in a position to meet any request from a customer in the future. The community plans to collaborate on further development projects. We have defined the following development areas:
- range of further papers and cardboards
- envelopes
- film lamination
- range of varnish
- range of glues for post press
What we’ve done so far since we started
- The first Cradle to Cradle picture book
- Additional art papers
- paper based on grass fibres
- range of cardboard options even for folding boxes
- Cradle to Cradle folding boxes
- Non-permanent glue for mailings
- new spray powder
What is there still a need for?
Survey
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