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Termcide Status:
Fully Compliant
Licence No: Ter-2005 AEL Standard No: 5 |
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Termcide is a product that can be considered as The Leading Termite Barrier Solution in Australia on Environmental Attributes. The product makes simple use of consumer material allowing minimal manufacturing and Quality Long Term Solutions for Australian Conditions.
All Termicide’s products reviewed do indeed have:-
• Environmentally preferable characteristics
• Are fit for purpose
• Do meet environmental best practice
• The manufacturer does comply to a high standard with worker obligations |
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OBJECTIVES
1. Provide market incentives for suppliers to reduce the environmental impacts of products sold in Australia;
2. Provide a clear, credible and independent guide to consumers wishing to take account of environmental factors in their purchasing decisions;
3. Encourage consumers to purchase products which have lower environmental impacts;
4. Recognise genuine moves by companies to reduce the adverse environmental impacts of their products;
5. Aim ultimately to improve the quality of the environment and to encourage the sustainable management of resources.
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The Australian Environmental Labelling Association Inc. recommends these products as being manufactured by an environmentally progressive manufacturer. The products characteristics assessed and the results define these products as environmentally preferable products in their class. Termicide has design and manufacture attributes which directly reduce the environmental load from using products of this type in comparison to other physical and chemical termite barrier solutions available on the Australian market. |
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LOAD REDUCTION RESULTS
Termicide clearly meets the requirement regarding a 30% reduction to the primary loads of the product life cycle as required by this criterion in comparison to the competing physical termite barriers Termimesh/Alterm.
The Termicide physical barrier system in comparison to chemical termiticides does exhibit a toxicity environmental load reduction of 100% to these employed chemical solutions.
Termiglass is an inorganic solid, ground and graded class and is not classified as a carcinogen.
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SUMMARY OF OVERALL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
INVESTIGATION ELEMENT
Criterion description |
Criteria
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Passed/Fail |
Assessor |
| Product Category Definition |
2.0 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
| Fit for Purpose |
3.1 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
Australian Standard Required and
Compliant |
3.1.1 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
Overall Reduction of Environmental
Load |
3.2 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
| Material Content |
3.3 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
| Consumer Information |
3.4 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
Compliance to Environmental
Regulations |
3.5 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
| Compliance to Remuneration Criteria |
3.6 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
| Compliance to OH&S criteria |
3.6 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
| Compliance to Discrimination Criteria |
3.6 |
Pass |
C.Simpson/P.Johnson |
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CONCLUSION
The standard and verification process that was undertaken by the Australian Environmental Labelling Association concluded that, Termicide as a company supplies the highest quality environmentally preferable products to customers while providing a safe, fair and healthy workplace for employees. |
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