Standards in Development
Trash Bags and Can Liners (GS-60)
Summary: Green Seal is developing an environmental leadership standard for trash bags and can liners to reduce plastic pollution and carbon emissions. By verifying high-recycled-content or thin-gauge products that provide uncompromising performance, Green Seal can play a critical role in recognizing producers who are environmental leaders in their industry and providing buyers with reliable low-carbon options in this product category.
Status: Standard proposal in development.
Revisions in progress
As a Type I ecolabel, Green Seal develops and maintains standards within an open and transparent process, aligned with best practices in standard development. Green Seal welcomes comments from stakeholders and members of the public. Instructions for submitting comments are included within the proposal documents, available for download below.
Green Seal does not currently have any active standard revision projects to existing standards.
UPCOMING REVISIONS
- Green Seal does not currently have any active upcoming revision projects to existing standards.
RECENTLY COMPLETED REVISIONS AND NEW STANDARDS
- Corrections and Clarifications Report (October 2022) Non-substantiative changes were made to GS-11, GS-41, GS-44, and GS-53.
- Healthy Green Schools & Colleges (September 2022)
- New criteria were issued on September 29
- See all revision documents in the Standards Documents Library
- Corrections and Clarifications Report (July 2022) Non-substantiative changes were made to GS-37, GS-40, GS-48, GS-50, GS-51, GS-52 and GS-53.
- PFAS Prohibition in Cleaning and Personal Care Products (June 2022)
- New criteria were issued on June 23
- See all revision documents in the Standards Documents Library
- Corrections and Clarifications Report (April 2022) Non-substantiative changes were made to GS-11, GS-20, GS-52, and GS-53.
- Corrections and Clarifications Report (January 2022) Non-substantiative changes were made to GS-8, GS-37, GS-48, GS-51, GS-52, and GS-53.
- Standard Withdrawal: Restaurants and Food Services (GS-55) (December 2021)
- Microbial-Based Cleaning Products – Criteria Revision (November 2021)
- New Criteria were issued on November 11
- See all revision documents in the Standards Documents Library
- Corrections and Clarifications Report (October 2021) Non-substantiative changes were made to GS-8, GS-37, GS-44, GS-48, GS-50, and GS-52.
- Paints, Coatings, Stains, and Sealers, GS-11, Edition 4.0 (September 2021)
- Standards Withdrawal: Coated Printing Paper (GS-10) (August 2021)
- Sanitary Paper Products, GS-1, Edition 6.4 (August 2021)
- Corrections and Clarifications Report (July 2021) Non-substantiative changes were made to GS-8, GS-11, GS-37, GS-41, GS-42, GS-44, GS-48, GS-50, GS-51, GS-52, and GS-53.
- Environmental Innovation, GS-20, Edition 2.1 (April 2021)
- Corrections and Clarifications Report (April 2021) Non-substantiative changes were made to GS-1, GS-8, GS-11, GS-37, GS-41, GS-42, GS-50, and GS-53. Additionally, all standards underwent non-substantiative changes to reference Green Seal’s updated Trademark Use Guidelines.
- Corrections and Clarifications Report (January 2021) Non-substantive changes were made to GS-11, GS-41, GS-42, GS-44, GS-50, GS-51, GS-52, and GS-53.
- Corrections and Clarifications Report (October 2020) Non-substantive changes were made to GS-8, GS-37, GS-41, GS-42, GS-44, GS-48, and GS-51.
- Hand Sanitizer Criteria Standard Criteria (September 2020)
Please visit our Library of Standards Documents for more information on these and other standard revisions.