ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 14021 Second edition 2016-03-15 Environmental labels and declarations Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling) Marquage et declarations environnementaux - Autodéclarations environnementales (Etiquetage de type Il) Reference number IS0 14021:2016(E) ISO International Organization for Standardization ZHEJIANG INSTOF STANDARDIZATION C15956617 @IS02016 vided by IHS under Not for Resale, 2016/6/2 08:28:5 ted without license from IHS IS0 14021:2016(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS0 2016, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyrightoffice Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org Internatinair PrganizationforStandardization icensee-ZHEJIANG INST OF STANDARDIZAoISQ06- All rights reserved etworking permitted without license from IHS IS0 14021:2016(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction. ...vi 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 3.1 General terms.. ..1 3.2 Selected terms commonly used in self-declared environmental claims 4 Objective of self-declared environmental claims 5 Requirements applying to all self-declared environmental claims 5.1 2.. General .4 5.2 Relationship to IS0 14020 ..5 5.3 Vague or non-specific claims. ..5 5.4 Claims of "..free" .5 5.5 Claims of sustainability .5 5.6 Use of explanatory statements. ..5 5.7 Specific requirements .5 5.8 Use of symbols to make environmental claims .6 5.9 Other information or claims.. .7 5.10 Specific symbols. .7 5.10.1 General 5.10.2 The Mobius loop. .7 6 Evaluation and claim verification requirements 6.1 Responsibilities of the claimant 6.2 Reliability of evaluation methodology. 6.3 Evaluation of comparative claims 6.4 Selection of methods. .9 6.5 Access to information. .9 7 Specific requirements for selected claims .10 7.1 General. .10 7.2 Compostable .10 7.2.1 Usageofterm ..10 7.2.2 Qualifications .10 7.2.3 Evaluation methodology .11 7.3 Degradable .11 7.3.1 Usageofterm .11 7.3.2 Qualifications .11 7.3.3 Evaluation methodology .12 7.4 Designed for disassembly .12 7.4.1 Usageofterm .12 7.4.2 Qualifications .12 7.4.3 Evaluation methodology .13 7.5 Extended life product. 13 7.5.1 Usage of term. .13 7.5.2 Qualifications .13 7.5.3 Evaluation methodology .13 7.6 Recovered energy .13 7.6.1 Usageof term .13 7.6.2 Qualifications .13 7.6.3 Evaluation methodology ..14 7.7 Recyclable ..14 7.7.1 Usage of term ..14 7.7.2 Qualifications .14 iii ISee=ZHEJIANG INST OF STANDARDIZATION C1 5956617 ed without license from IHS Not for Resale, 2016/6/2 08:28:5