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ECOMARK CRITERIA FOR WOOD SUBSTITUTES

(The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II-Section 3(i), No. 170, May 18, 1996)

 

 1.

 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS :

 

 

1.1

Products manufactured shall meet relevant Indian Standards of BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) pertaining to safety, quality and performance. 

 

 

1.2

The product manufacturer must produce the consent clearance, as per the provisions of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act 1977 and Air (Pollution and Control of Pollution) Act 1981, along with the authorisation if required under Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and rules made thereunder to Bureau of Indian Standards while applying for the ECOMARK appropriate with enforced rules and regulations of the Forest Department.

 

 

1.3

The product or product packaging may display in brief the criteria based on which the product has been labelled Environment Friendly.

 

 

1.4

The material used for product packaging shall be recyclable, reusable or biodegradable. 

  

 

2.

PRODUCT SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS : 

 

 

2.1

Substitutes for fuel-wood :

 

 

 

 

2.1.1

Briquettes shall be made from agricultural and wood residues (like saw dust) and domestic wastes (like garbage) without synthetic binders, for industrial and domestic use. Such briquettes shall not be manufactured from any wastes material which contain any hazardous constituents as specified under Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989.

 Note: The manufacturer shall provide documentary evidence by way of certificate or declaration to this effect to Bureau of Indian Standards while applying for Ecomark. 

 

 

 

2.1.2

Biogas, LPG and natural gases 

Note: The product container shall be suitably marked that Ecomark label is applicable only to the contents if the product container is not separately covered under Ecomark Scheme. It may be stated that the Ecomark is applicable to the product or product container or both.

 

 

2.2

Substitutes for Wood Building Material

 

 

 

2.2.1

Building boards generally used as partitioning, panelling, cladding and false-ceiling shall be made from agricultural or industrial wastes (such as Phospho-gypsum, red mud, baggase, cotton stalk, rice-husk, coir fibre, sisal fibre or wood residues etc., or wood from sources other than natural forests or environment friendly plastics as notified separately.

 

 

 

 

2.2.2

Door and window frames and shutters used in buildings shall be made from agricultural or industrial wastes or wood residues or wood from sources, other than natural forests or ferrocement or building boards specified in 2(ii)(a) above or environment friendly plastic as notified separately or frames made from enforced cement concrete.

Note 1: The manufacturer shall provide documentary evidence by way of certificate or declaration to this effect to Bureau of Indian Standards while applying for Ecomark. 

Note 2: Wood from sources other than natural forests include wood from rubber, coconut, cashew, industrial and social forestry plantations etc., and shade trees from tea and coffee estates.

 

 

  

 

2.3

Substitutes for Wood in Furniture :

 

 

 

2.3.1

The furniture (table, chairs and Stool etc.) shall be made from agricultural or industrial wastes or wood residues or wood from sources other than natural forests or building boards specified in 2(ii)(a) above or environment friendly plastics as notified separately.

 

The incorporation of the Ecomark requirements, in the following BIS standards, are under process :

1.

IS 303:1989

Plywood for general purposes

2.

IS 1003(Pt.1): 1991

Timber panelled and glazed shutters : Part 1Door shutters

3.

IS 1003(Pt.2): 1991

Timber panelled and glazed shutters : Part 2Window and ventilator shutters

4.

IS 1658:1977

Fibre hardboards

5.

IS 1659:1990

Block boards

6.

IS 1829(Pt.1): 1978

Library furniture and fittings : Part 1 Timber

7.

IS 2095(Pt.1): 1996

Gypsum plaster boards

8.

IS 2095(Pt.3): 1996

Gypsum plaster boards: Part 3 Reinforced Gypsum plaster boards.

9.

IS 2191 (Pt.1) : 1983

Wooden flush door shutters (cellular and hollow core type): Part 1 Plywood face panels

10.

IS 2191 (Pt.2): 1983

Wooden flush door shutters (cellular and hollow core type): Part 2 Particle board and hardboard face panels

11.

IS 2202(Pt.1): 1991

Wooden flush door shutters (solid core type):Part 1 Plywood face panels

12.

IS 2202(Pt.2): 1991

Wooden flush door shutters (solid core type): Part 2 Particle board face panels and hardboard face panels

13.

IS 2849:1983

Specification for non-lead bearing gypsum partition

14.

IS 3129:1985

Low density particle boards

15.

IS 3308:1981

Specification for wood wool building slabs

16.

IS 4021:1995

Timber door, window and ventilator frames

17.

IS 4116:1988

Wooden shelving cabinets (adjustable type)

18.

IS 4126:1986

Wooden wardrobes (adjustable type and non adjustable type)

19.

IS 4414:1990

Specification for wooden table tops

20.

IS 4962:1968

Specification for wooden side sliding doors

21.

IS 4990:1993

Plywood for concrete shuttering work

22.

IS 5509:1980

Fire retardent plywood

23.

IS 5823:1986

Dinning tables

24.

IS 5923:1986

Wooden clothes lockers

25.

IS 5974:1986

Specification for divans and easy chairs

26.

IS 6188:1988

Specification for wooden bedside table

27.

IS 6198:1992

Ledged, braced and battened timber door shutters

28.

IS 6523:1983

Specification for precast reinforced concrete door and window frames

29.

IS 6632:1988

Specification for wooden folding chairs.

30.

IS 7070:1988

Wooden shelving racks(adjustable type and non adjustable)

31.

IS 7259(Pt.1):1988

Specification for wooden beds:Part 1 For use with mattresses

32.

IS 11525:1986

Wooden chairs for office purposes

33.

IS 11679:1986

Wooden tables for office purposes

34.

IS 12680:1989

Wooden sofa-cum-bed

35.

IS 12896:1988

Classification of Indian timbers for doors and window shutters and frames
     

 

 

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