Forest Stewardship Council's New Labeling Rules

The Forest Stewardship Council’s new Chain-of-Custody Standard, FSC-STD-40-004, substantially revises the organization’s labeling and certification rules. In place of what has been known as “partial-content certification” of composite wood products (see EBN Vol. 9, No. 6), FSC has now introduced three new labels: “FSC Pure,” “FSC Mixed,” and “FSC Recycled.” FSC Pure can be used only when all of the wood or wood fiber in a product comes from an FSC-certified forest. FSC Mixed includes a range of options, including both wood from FSC-certified forests and recycled-content wood fiber. And FSC Recycled can be used only when a product’s wood
fiber is 100% post-consumer recycled.
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