On November 19, 2008 EPA’s Design for Environment (DfE) Program
recognized its newly appointed Safer Detergent Stewardship
Initiative (SDSI) Champions and Partners.
Through (SDSI), EPA’s Design for the Environment Program
recognizes environmental leaders who voluntarily commit to the
use of safer surfactants. Safer surfactants are surfactants that
break down quickly to non-polluting compounds and help protect
aquatic life in both fresh and salt water. Nonylphenol
ethoxylates, commonly referred to as NPEs, are an example of a
surfactant class that does not meet the definition of a safer
surfactant.
EPA’s DfE Program recognizes businesses engaged in the
production or use of safe surfactants, as well as those involved
in the purchase or distribution of products containing safe
surfactants.
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Presenting and receiving the SDSI award for
Auto-Chlor System – Left to Right: James Gulliford -
Assistant EPA Administrator, Stephen J. Wood and Jeffery
Simcox – Auto-Chlor System, Stephen Johnson, EPA
Administrator |
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SDSI CHAMPION is the highest level of
recognition offered under SDSI. Select SDSI Product Formulator
Champions and criteria are listed below:
Champions in this category have achieved the following – They
have:
- Demonstrated the use of only safer
surfactants in products;
- Documented a strategy for ensuring that only
safer surfactants are used in products.
SDSI CHAMPIONS
Auto-Chlor System
Earth Friendly Products
Eco Concepts
Georgia Pacific Consumer Products LP
PDQ Manufacturing
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
The Dial Corporation, A Henkel Company
The Proctor & Gamble Company
Visit the EPA website for more information
http://www.epa.gov/dfeprojects/formulat/sdsi.htm
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