Environmental Requirements

3.0 Fitness for Purpose
Certified products should be of high quality and perform well in their intended application. High standards of product performance are implicit in the label. Certified product must ensure that the product is fit for its intended purpose
 

The Rockcote enterprises nominated products are manufactured under an internal quality assurance regime, all product batches are tested internally for viscosity, pH Colour etc on a batch by batch basis.

The products have been externally evaluated for a range of fitness for purpose criteria. This external assessment was undertaken through an accelerated durability test, exterior durability test, and an accelerated efflorescence test.

The products have been on the market for a number of years and have been accepted as fit for purpose by the market.
 

4.1 VOC levels
Compliance to these criteria can be demonstrated by the VOC levels of the base paints with or without pigments
 

Classification

4.2 Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide and Lithopone Content
Should not exceed 40g/m2 of dry film.
 

Product name

4.3 Glycol Ethers
Should not contain certain glycol ethers
 

MSDS information received by GECA shows that the nominated products do not contain the glycol ethers listed in Table 2 of the standard.

4.4 Heavy Metals
Sb, Ba, Cd, Pb, Cr, Hg, and Arsenic or any toxic heavy metals and their compounds shall not be added during production.
The use of Barium Sulfate (Barite) is excluded from this limitation.
 

MSDS information received by GECA shows that the nominated products do not contain any of the heavy metals: Sb, Ba, Cd, Pb, Cr, Hg, or Arsenic and that toxic heavy metals and /or their compounds are not added during production. An additional statement by an Executive Officer of the tint manufacturer Degussa Australia Pty Ltd states that the 802 and 810 colorants do not contain the heavy metals listed in this criterion.

4.5 Packaging
All plastic packaging containers must have a plastic resin identification code clearly visible on each container.

Paint containers must be made of materials that are able to be recycled. Before use, packaging must not be impregnated, labeled, coated or otherwise treated in a manner that would prevent recycling.
 

The nominated products are packaged in plastic drums, the resin identification code is displayed appropriately on these as verified by a GECS assessor during a site assessment.

4.6 Carcinogenic substances
Approved paints should not contain substances listed as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research of Cancer (lists A, B1) at a rate of exposure not exceeding one twentieth (1/20) of those defined by exposure standards determined by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (Worksafe Australia).
 

A review of MSDS for all ingredients supplied by Rockcote finds the only ingredient classed by the IARC (lists A, B1) as carcinogenic is crystalline silica, the silica used in the paint cannot be inhaled by the user as it is bound within the paint matrix, due to this the cancer risk is eliminated..

4.7 Restricted Substances
Alkyl phenol alkoxylates (APEO’s) shall not be added during production.
 

A review of MSDS for all ingredient including colorants finds no APEO’s, in addition the colorants used are specifically stated to be an alternative to APEO based colorants and GECS received statements by the manufacturer attesting to that.

4.9 Solvents
The paint shall not be formulated or manufactured with more than 20% by weight of hydrocarbon solvents, with any aromatic hydrocarbon solvents, halogenated solvents or using ethylene glycol
 

GECA reviewed MSDS for solvents used, all product ingredients are in compliance to the requirements of this criterion.