Certified materials

garden scenery: child reading a cradle to cradle book

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 grass paper single-sided coated
Pureprint cardboard white single-sided coated	Pureprint permanent hotmelt
Pureprint cardboard white double-sided coated
Pureprint folding box board 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 cooperative partner in your area!

Inquiry

child reading cradle to cradle picture book in the meadow

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 cooperative plans to collaborate on further development projects. We have defined the following development areas:

range of further papers and cardboards
envelopes
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?

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