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Print ArticleGeorgia-Pacific Professional has been named a Champion by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its tissue manufacturing process and hand soap products. In fact, the company is the first to meet the EPA’s recommendations on both a tissue manufacturing process and end product. The Champion recognition is part of the EPA’s Safer Detergents Stewardship Initiative, which falls under the agency’s Design for the Environment program.
According to the EPA, “The Design for the Environment Program works in partnership with a broad range of stakeholders to reduce risk to people and the environment by preventing pollution.” The agency also states, “Through the Safer Detergents Stewardship Initiative, EPA's Design for the Environment Program recognizes environmental leaders who voluntarily commit to the use of safer surfactants.”
Dan Silk, vice president – sustainability for Georgia-Pacific Professional, says, “We are extremely proud to earn Champion status in the SDSI program. This distinction underscores our commitment to sustainable practices and pollution prevention that are a part of our Green by Design philosophy.”
The International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA) recently recognized member companies who earned Champion or Partner status in the program. Georgia-Pacific Professional was the only ISSA member paper company to gain this level of achievement.
For more information on Georgia-Pacific Professional’s environmentally preferable products, visit www.gppro.com.
About Green By Design Products
Since the 1930s, Georgia-Pacific Professional and its predecessors have pioneered systems that reduce waste. Georgia-Pacific Professional produces 200 away-from-home products containing 95 to 100 percent recycled fiber and 40 products that help companies earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. Georgia-Pacific Professional works closely with its affiliated recycling company, Harmon Associates, which facilitates the brokerage of six million tons of recovered paper each year.
In 2007, Georgia-Pacific Professional began labeling the environmental benefits of its products using the Green by Design designation. Green by Design-marked products follow the EPA’s 3 R program of reduce, reuse and recycle. Georgia-Pacific Professional labels the packaging for its Green by Design qualified products with seals that designate which of the 3 R’s the product satisfies and how the particular product satisfies the relevant environmental criteria.
