Building Green
For more information on building green visit the Web sites to the right:
- Look for these symbols on building materials.
A product that is marked with this symbol is manufactured with some recycled material. Generally, additional information is conveyed with the symbol. When a percentage is indicated within the symbol, that percentage of the product has been made from recycled materials.
Plastic materials are recycled into building materials. Resins that have become a recycled product, are identified with an R in front of their component designation in order to denote that the material has been recycled.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certifies sustainably managed forestry operations, and tracks their timber through the supply chain to the end product, which can then carry this FSC ecolabel.
A Green Seal-certified mark on a product means that it has gone through a stringent process to show that it has less impact on the environment and human health.
