US_EPA_-_Recommended_Recovered_Fiber_Content_Levels.pdf
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This document is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN) detailing recommended recovered fiber content levels for commercial and industrial sanitary tissue products. The document provides guidance for procuring agencies on establishing minimum content standards for various paper products, including bathroom tissue, paper towels, paper napkins, facial tissue, and general-purpose industrial wipers. The recommendations specify ranges for postconsumer fiber content and total recovered fiber content for each product type.
The EPA recommends postconsumer fiber content percentages that vary by product type, with bathroom tissue ranging from 20-60%, paper towels from 40-60%, paper napkins from 30-60%, facial tissue from 10-15%, and general-purpose industrial wipers at 40%. The total recovered fiber content ranges from 10-100% depending on the product, with the EPA emphasizing that postconsumer fiber does not include newsstand returns or printer's overruns. These recommendations are designed to support sustainable procurement practices for commercial and institutional buyers such as restaurants, hotels, schools, and government agencies.
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Commercial/Industrial Sanitary Tissue Sanitary tissue products include bathroom and facial tissue, paper towels, napkins and general-purpose industrial wipers. They are generally sold in rolls or sheets and are used in personal care, food service and cleaning applications. The grades of sanitary tissue products covered in the CPG are manufactured for use by restaurants, hotels, schools, government agencies and other similar commercial and institutional buyers.
Some recycled-content sanitary tissue products are softer, stronger and more absorbent than others.
EPA's Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN) recommends that procuring agencies establish minimum content standards expressed as a percentage of recovered fiber, including a percentage of postconsumer fiber. For most grades, EPA recommends postconsumer fiber content. Postconsumer fiber does not include newsstand returns or printer's overruns.
Recommended Recovered Fiber Content Levels for Commercial/Industrial Sanitary Tissue Products
Product Postconsumer Fiber
Total Recovered Fiber (%)
Bathroom Tissue 20-60 20-100
Paper Towels 40-60 40-100
Paper Napkins 30-60 30-100
Facial Tissue 10-15 10-100
General Purpose Industrial Wipers
40 40-100 https://www.epa.gov/smm/regulatory-background-comprehensive-procurement-guideline-program-cpg
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