NSF International사와 미국수도협회(American Water Works Association, AWWA)는 미국국립표준협회(American National Standard Institute, ANSI)가 처음으로 발표했던 물처리 화학제품에 대한 지속가능성 표준평가를 시행,  물처리 화학제품의 지속가능성을 평가했다.

 

이는 상표를 새로 붙이거나 다시 포장해 물처리 화학물질 제조사·유통사가 제품에 미치는 환경적 영향을 감소시켜 측정하기 위한 구조를 가지고 있다. 또한, 지역의 물처리 시설에 더한 화학제품의 처리과정을 통해 소비자와 사용자에게 지속가능한 구입선택권을 제공한다.

 

 

 

NSF International and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) have published the first American National Standard Institute (ANSI), NSF/AWWA/ANSI 416: Sustainability Assessment Standard for Water Treatment Chemical Products, for assessing water treatment chemical products’ sustainability.

 

Water treatment chemical manufacturers and distributors, including relabelers and repackagers, now have a framework for measuring and reducing environmental impacts of their products, providing more sustainable purchase options to industrial and consumer users of treatment chemicals, as well as to municipal water treatment facilities.

 

Organizations must implement environmental and social management policies as well as measure and document their water and energy use to obtain certification to this standard. Additionally, organizations must meet all prerequisite requirements pertaining to product design, corporate social responsibility, efficacy and manufacturing processes, as well as any optional criteria in these categories.

 

[출처 = NSF International / 2015년 6월 1일]