Cradle to Cradle Environmental Certification   The Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM program is a multi-attribute eco-label that assesses a product’s safety to humans and the environment and design for future life cycles. The program provides guidelines to help businesses implement the Cradle to Cradle framework, which focuses on using safe materials that can be disassembled and recycled as technical nutrients or composted as biological nutrients. Unlike single-attribute eco-labels, MBDC’s certification program takes a comprehensive approach to evaluating the design of a product and the practices employed in manufacturing the product. The materials and manufacturing practices of each product are assessed in five categories: Material Health, Material Reutilization, Renewable Energy Use, Water Stewardship, and Social Responsibility. Xero Flor Sedum Blankets has been awarded Silver Certification under the Cradle to Cradle (C2) Evaluation Protocol and have met the minimum criteria: • All chemicals in product identified down to 100ppm level (0.01%) • No PVC, chloroprene, or related chemical at any concentration • All materials and chemicals assessed for toxicity to human and environmental health • Strategy developed to optimize all remaining problematic chemicals • All materials defined as technical nutrients to be recycled or biological nutrients to be composted • Halogenated hydrocarbon content <100ppm • Toxic heavy metal content (Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr+6)< 100ppm • Material Reutilization score >=50 • Quantify the energy required for manufacturing (final assembly) • Characterize energy sources and develop strategy for including renewable energy • Adopt company wide water stewardship principles or guidelines
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