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Hygiene paper products: ABC Earthcare Interleaf Toilet

1. Paper information

Brand owner ABC Tissue Products (NZ) Ltd
Paper Product / Brand name ABC Earthcare Interleaf Toilet
Star rating StarStarStarStarStar
Last updated 29 May 2009 14:12

2. Paper mill

Company Queensland Tissue Products - Brisbane, Queensland Tissue Products PTY Ltd
Location Australia
Website http://www.qtp.com.au

3. Contact details

Company details

Company ABC Tissue Products (NZ) Ltd
Address PO Box 76-528
City Manukau
Contact Malcolm Laycock
Phone (09) 279-2288
Email malcolml@abctissue.co.nz
Website http://www.abctissue.co.nz

Resellers

Resellers Bay Direct, CleanBiz, Cleaning Technology, Corporate Express, Hygiene House, Kelly Hygiene, Ladycare Services, Lakes Hospitality, Queenstown Cleaning Supplies, Specialty Cleaning Supplies, The Service Company, Total Packaging, VJ Distributers

4. Product details

SECTION 1

1.1 Product Type
What type of product is this?
Toilet tissues

1.2 Product Market
Which market is this product intended for?
Commercial

SECTION 2 (Star Categories)

2.1 Recycled content (50% or more Post consumer recycled fibre content) ()
Post-consumer waste includes waste from industrial paper consumers (e.g. Printers, packaging companies) but not in-house recycling at paper mills (mill broke) or waste products from the forestry/timber/saw mill industry.

Post-consumer recycled fibre content:
% of pulp 100%

2.2 Legal () and sustainable () fibre

Does all of the pulp come from legally harvested and sustainably produced timber resources, recycled sources or non-timber sources? (Multiple options possible)

Total Recycled Fibre:
% of pulp 100%

Virgin timber fibre from legal and sustainable sources:
% of pulp 0%

Non Timber natural fibre:
% of pulp 0%
Percentage of Bagasse 0%
Percentage of Bamboo 0%
Percentage of Cotton 0%
Percentage of Hemp 0%
Percentage of Seaweed 0%
Other fibres, percentage 0%

2.3 Pulp bleaching ()

Is the pulp either not bleached or bleached using technologies that eliminate or minimise the discharge of chlorinated compounds?
Percentage of pulp not bleached 0%
Percentage of pulp TCF or PCF 100%
Percentage of pulp ECF 0%
Percentage of pulp EC 0%
Other technology, percentage 0%

2.4 Ecolabel ()

Is this product licensed to carry a life cycle impacts ISO 14024 Type 1 Ecolabel audited by an independent third party?
Yes

SECTION 3

3.1 Recommended application
There are no recommended application qualifiers for this product type.

3.2 Environmental Management System
Does the importer/distributer have third party audited EMS accreditation that is relevant to this product?
Not specified.

3.3 Pulp whiteness & brightness
Pulp Whiteness and Brightness specifications.
Not specified.
Are optical brightening agents added during production?
Not specified.

3.4 Waste Reduction
Are individual packet wrappers (reams) made of materials that are currently able to be recycled in New Zealand?
Not specified.
Are shipping containers (e.g. boxes, shrink wrap) made of materials that are currently able to be recycled in New Zealand?
Not specified.
Are any plastics clearly marked to help facilitate recycling?
Not specified.
Are shipping pallets part of an active reuse or recycling system in New Zealand?
Not specified.
Are shipping reels of an active reuse or recycling system in New Zealand?
Not specified.
Is all packaging free of halogenated plastics?
Not specified.
Does cardboard packaging contain 80% or more recycled content?
Not specified.
Is the paper and/or packaging manufacturer a member of the NZ Packaged Goods Accord, signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, or party to an equivalent programme in another country?
Not specified.

3.5 Native forest protection
Is the paper free of fibre from native or indigenous forests which were intact or have regrown from earlier logging impacts (via timber or logging residues)?
Not specified.

3.6 "Closing the Loop" in New Zealand
Does the paper include any New Zealand origin pulp in the mix?
Virgin pulp from NZ forests Not specified.
Recycled pulp from NZ paper Not specified.