FSC Mixed vs FSC Recycle on Invoices?

Hi John, My understanding is that only virgin wood fiber may be claimed as FSC certified. A product could theoretically be composed of both virgin and recycled wood fibers, for example 50% virgin fiber that comes from FSC sources and the remaining 50% of wood fiber could come from recycled sources. But understand that FSC uses several types of classifications; FSC 100%, FSC Mix Credit, and FSC Mix Percentage (NN%). Using my example above if your invoice shows either FSC 100% or Mix Credit a $20 panel would count as $20 toward MRc7. Whereas a panel with virgin and recycled fiber would value $10 toward MRc7 and $10 toward MRc4. FSC also uses a certification know as FSC Recycled I'm not very familiar with it but I know it will not count toward MRc7.

Exactly! As long as the invoices back up those claims you should be good.

John and Joe: I work with pb and mdf veneer core products for LEED jobs on a regular basis. John- you are right, MDF and PB are FSC Mixed credit and should be valued at 100% of the product cost. Most pb and mdf mills use FSC virgin wood for FSC orders. It is NOT FSC RECYCLED, It is virgin FSC wood that contributes to MR7. So you can purchase an FSC PB or MDF core and put an FSC veneer on it and both can contribute to the MR7 credit. Hope this helps!