ASTM Creates Student Sustainability Subcommittee
August 24, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
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ASTM International created Subcommittee E60.95 on Student Liaison and Affairs under the jurisdiction of Committee E60 on Sustainability.
Sustainable development considers the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, according to ASTM E2114 - Terminology for Sustainability Relative to the Performance of Buildings, a standard under the jurisdiction of Committee E60.
While Subcommittee E60.95 serves as an administrative subcommittee, its members will be able to comment on proposed standards through the subcommittee chair, discuss sustainability topics and possibly share new draft standards, according to ASTM.
Subcommittee E60.95 will establish an online area where students can discuss current topics within the scope of E60, such as infrastructure and packaging or other subjects being discussed on college and university campuses.
In addition, students would channel comments on proposed Committee E60 standards and revisions through the E60.95 chair.
E60.95 members will also be able to originate proposed standards for consideration by the committee.
Two proposed standards were proposed by students at the Oklahoma State University Environmental Institute. These documents will be registered as work items and balloted before the fall E60 meeting.
The draft standards include:
- A proposed standard that provides requirements for establishing a verifiable chain of custody for use in marketing claims and extended producer responsibility. The practice, intended to apply to all types of claims, applies to two or more stages in a product's life cycle - from acquisition of raw materials, processing and manufacture, to use and end of life.
- A proposed classification for extended producer responsibility that establishes the minimum environmental characteristics that should be considered when declaring a reclamation program for a product or a product-service system. The document would serve as a reference for analyzing and evaluating reclamation programs.
Source: ASTM International.