Icon Guide
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Biobased Icon: identifies products made using renewable, domestic agricultural materials. |
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Biodegradable Icon: identifies products designed to compost quickly, completely, and safely, without leaving residues. |
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BPA Free Icon: Product free of Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical which has been linked to adverse health effects in humans. |
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ECOLOGO Certified Icon: identified products, services and packaging are certified for reduced environmental impact. |
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Environmentally Friendly Packaging (EFP) Icon: identifies products whose packaging is made using recycled content. |
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Environmentally Preferable Products (EPP) Icon: identifies products that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment. |
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EPA Safer Choice Icon: Product complies with the recommended minimum recycled content levels for post-consumer and/or total recovered materials as determined by the applicable United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines ("CPG"). |
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Forest Stewardship Council Icon: identifies products that hold the certification which ensures forest products used are from responsibly harvested and verified sources. |
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Green Leaf Icon: identifies products that have one or more of the following attributes: AgiON, Anti-microbial, Compostable, Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF), and Processed Chlorine Free (PCF). These environmental attributes make the product less harmful to the environment or humans, when compared to its traditional counterparts. |
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Low VOCs Icon: identifies products that have low volatile organic compounds. |
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Made in U.S.A. Icon: identifies products made in the USA. |
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PRIME Icon: identifies products that comply with the Plastics Removal in the Marine Environment (PRIME) program. |
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Recyclable Icon: items made from or containing recycled materials. |
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USDA Biobased Certified Icon: identifies third-party certified biobased products that carry the USDA Certified Biobased Product label but are not currently identified for preferred federal purchase. |
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USDA FP Biobased (Federal Procurement Preference) Icon: identifies third-party certified biobased products that carry the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label and are designated for mandatory federal purchase as part of the Bio Preferred Program. |