Criteria for Environmentally Preferred Products

Environmentally preferable products will generally be:

• non-toxic or least toxic:
  • PVC-free products
  • Products bleached without chlorine or chlorine compounds
  • DEHP-free products
  • Latex-free products
  • Mercury-free products
  • Products free of PBTs (persistent or bioaccumulative toxics) and halogenated organics including halogenated organic flame retardants, including PBDEs. Examples of halogenated organics include perfluorinated organics e.g., Teflon; PBTs include mercury and lead
  • Formaldehyde-free products
  • Non-toxic solvents and dyes
  • VOC-free/low VOC building products
• Needle devices complying with federal legislation
• Reusable/reprocessed products (meet FDA guidelines)
• Waste management/minimization products/services
• Sustainably harvested wood (as defined by FSC)
• Designed for End-of-Life
• Food Service: Third Party Certified Foods - Organic, Food Alliance , Fair Trade; demonstrating GMO free commitment; No Artificial Trans Fats; rBGH-free dairy commitment; whole grains; no additives; Fresh, Local or Regional Food Products/Distribution

Products not meeting these policies may be allowed if they offer otherwise unattainable environmental advantages, as determined by CleanMed staff.

Participating Companies:

• Confirm support for CleanMed's mission of environmental improvement, and for the goals of virtually eliminating mercury from health care facilities, reducing the total waste generated in the health care sector and minimizing the use and release of hazardous chemicals and persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic pollutants (PBTs).
• Are not primarily involved in the manufacture of materials that consist of persistent bioaccumulative toxins or release PBTs in their manufacturing, use or disposal.
• Have not been found in violation of one or more applicable federal, state, or local laws/regulations or international treaties for worker safety, waste exporting, or environmental discharge laws in the past 5 years.
• In general, do not, nor do their parent companies, participate in lobbying or advocacy activities that oppose the mission and goals of CleanMed.

CleanMed encourages exhibitors to use post-consumer, recycled, process chlorine-free paper for their materials.

Companies not meeting these guidelines may be allowed if they offer otherwise unattainable environmental advantages, as determined by CleanMed staff.

Disclaimer

• CleanMed reserves the right, upon becoming aware of a divergence from Exhibitor Guidelines, to withdraw the company’s invitation to exhibit at CleanMed.

• Companies that do not inform CleanMed staff of such a divergence from Exhibitor Guidelines (see Exhibitor Guidelines section) at the time of registration may not be refunded any fees if the invitation to exhibit is withdrawn because of CleanMed’s subsequent discovery of this divergence.

General course of action for addressing noncompliance/conflict with the Guidelines:

• If CleanMed discovers evidence that a company may not meet the intent of the Guidelines, the company will be contacted in writing or by telephone.

• A reasonable amount of time will be provided for the company to explain or correct a practice that is not consistent with the Guidelines. The timeframe will be dependent upon the magnitude of the issue and the amount of time available before the conference.

• After notification, CleanMed will work to verify that the issue(s) has(ve) been satisfactorily addressed. Failure to make appropriate changes may result in the withdrawal of the invitation to exhibit at CleanMed.

• CleanMed's decision is final.