Hospitals, schools, daycare centers, restaurants, and even work places have a new way to green their operations and continue to improve on health and safety practices at the same time. The EcoLogo Program is proud to announce the launch of its first standard for Hand Sanitizers, also known as instant hand antiseptics.

This new standard will allow purchasers to select hand sanitizing products with reduced environmental and health impacts” says Scot Case, Vice President of TerraChoice and manager of the EcoLogo Program.

The EcoLogo Program is also proud to partner with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) BioPreferred program in this public release. An important aspect of the Hand Sanitizer certification is the requirement of biobased content. EcoLogo certification of these products follows the minimum biobased content standards set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) BioPreferred program.

“BioPreferred is proud to support the well-respected EcoLogo on the announcement and promotion of their new environmental standard for hand sanitizers,” says Kate Lewis, BioPreferred’s Deputy Program Manager. “Adding biobased content as an aspect — a requirement — to EcoLogo’s multi-attribute product standard validates biobased product developments and sets the stage for more rigorous formulation of both biobased and conventional hand sanitizers in the years to come.”

This standard for EcoLogo certified instant hand antiseptic products is focused on the “away from home market,” which encompasses healthcare and food service facilities, in addition to all other instances away from a personal residence.

For a copy of the EcoLogo Hand Sanitizer standard and to learn more about how to certify
instant hand antiseptic products against this standard, please visit www.ecologo.org.

Posted by WadeMetcalfe in Environmental standards, Green products, Health