ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 17422 Second edition 2018-06 Plastics Environmental aspects - General guidelines for their inclusion in standards Matieres plastiques-Aspects lies a I'environnement-Lignes directrices generales pour leur prise en compte dans les normes Reference number IS017422:2018(E) ISO @IS0 2018 IS0 17422:2018(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02018 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone:+4122749 0111 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved IS0 17422:2018(E) Contents Page Foreword .V Scope 2 Normativereferences. 3 Termsanddefinitions 4 Inclusionofenvironmentalaspectsinstandards 4.1 General 4.2 Test method standards. 4.2.1 General 4.2.2 Minimizationofadverseenvironmentalimpact. 4.2.3 Minimizationofmaterialand energyusage 4.3 Product standards.. 4.3.1 General 4.3.2 Product functionality... 4.3.3 Environmentalaspectsinproductstandards 4.3.4 Renewable resources and energy.. 6 4.3.5 Writers of standards.. Annex A (informative) Scope and limitations of life cycle assessment Bibliography 11 @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved ili