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EcoSmart Inks
Environmentally
friendly inks are not new to Braden Stuphin’s product line. In fact,
long before the popularization of soya inks, Braden Sutphin offered
printers eco-friendly sheetfed products formulated with linseed and
tung oils.
Now,
in response to printers, print customers and end users becoming
increasingly interested in environmentally friendly products and
sustainability efforts, Braden Sutphin has developed the EcoSmart
certification program.
Under
the EcoSmart program guidelines developed by our technical director, an
ink product will carry the EcoSmart seal if it meets the requirements
below. We will continue to evaluate the EcoSmart program guidelines and
make necessary adjustments as technology and the industry evolve.
Sheetfed Inks
Web Heatset Inks
Web Non-Heatset Inks
Water-Based
Flexographic Inks
Sheetfed
Inks
Conventional oil base sheetfed inks must meet each of the following
requirements in order to qualify for EcoSmart certification:
• contain no more than 5%
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) based on Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Test Method 24, or as calculated from
accumulated data on the ingredients contained in the product
• contain a minimum of 45%
of renewable resource content as calculated from accumulated data on
the ingredients contained in the product
• contain no more than 5%
by weight of petroleum distillates
• meet Council of Northeast
Governors Coalition (CONEG) regulation for
packaging, with a combined heavy metal total of less than 100 ppm of
mercury, lead, cadmium and hexavalent chromium
Web Heatset Inks
Web heatset inks must meet each of the following requirements in order
to qualify for EcoSmart certification:
• contain no more than 28% VOCs based on EPA Test
Method 24, or as calculated from accumulated data on the ingredients
contained in the product
• contain no more than 25% by weight of petroleum
distillates
• meet CONEG regulation for packaging, with a combined heavy
metal total of less than 100 ppm of
mercury, lead, cadmium and hexavalent chromium
Web Non-Heatset Inks
Web non-heatset inks must meet each of the following requirements in
order to achieve EcoSmart certification:
• contain no more than 5% VOCs based on EPA Test
Method 24, or as calculated from accumulated data on the ingredients
contained in the product
• inks must be formulated with at least 40% of
renewable resource content
• contain no more than 15% by weight of petroleum
distillates, as calculated from accumulated data on the ingredients
contained in the product
• meet CONEG regulation for packaging, with a combined heavy
metal total of less than 100 ppm of
mercury, lead, cadmium and hexavalent chromium
Water-Based
Flexographic Inks
Water-based flexo inks must meet each of the following requirements in
order to qualify for EcoSmart certification:
• contain no more than 2% VOCs based on EPA Test
Method 24, as calculated from accumulated data on the
ingredients contained in the product
• contain no more than 1% by weight of ammonium
hydroxide
• meet CONEG regulation for packaging, with a combined heavy
metal total of less than 100 ppm of
mercury, lead, cadmium and hexavalent chromium
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