Welcome to TSC’s ProductFinder! This tool will help you locate the proper category-level toolkit for your product. THESIS contains key performance indicators, supporting documents, and resources to help improve sustainability performance.
Search for your product in the search bar below. If many results appear, you can further refine by selecting your sector from the drop down menu. ProductFinder will return all THESIS KPI sets that match your search term, so review the options carefully to find the most relevant one.
We encourage you to review the Product Description in the Sustainability Snapshot pdf, which you can download by clicking on a product icon. This will help you to further confirm that a specific toolkit is relevant for your product.
Once you’ve identified your proper KPI set, head over to SupplyShift to access THESIS and purchase a THESIS license.
Adhesive Tapes
Adhesive Tapes include products made of a material film coated on one or both sides with adhesive and is used for binding or insulating. Product types include transparent tape, duct tape, packing tape, electrical tape, and masking tape.
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Air Fresheners
Air Fresheners include powered and unpowered products that operate by releasing a fragrance or odor counteractant as a spray or through diffusion. Product types include fragrance sprays, scented candles, wick and reed diffusers, gel and bead scents, hanging air fresheners, and odor eliminators.
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Animal-based Food
Animal-based Foods include food products made primarily from a single animal-based ingredient (dairy, meat, or eggs). Product types include dairy, meat, eggs, ice cream, lard, and gelatin.
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Animal Welfare: Beef Cattle
Beef cattle are raised for human consumption for product types such as steak, ground beef, hamburger patties, jerky, and sausage. Cattle may experience issues related to animal welfare at cow-calf operations, feedlots, the finishing stage, transportation, and slaughter.fjhgk
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Animal Welfare: Broiler Chickens
Broiler chicken are raised for human consumption for product types such as roast chicken, halves, breasts, wings, legs, giblets, and sausages. Chicken may experience issues related to animal welfare at hatcheries, on the farm, during transportation, and at slaughter.
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Animal Welfare: Dairy Cattle
Dairy cattle are raised to produce milk for products such as milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. Dairy cattle may experience issues related to animal welfare at on the farm, during transportation, and at slaughter.
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Animal Welfare: Farmed Fish
Farmed fish are raised for human consumption and can include species such as salmon, sea bass, cod, tilapia, common carp, and catfish. Fish may experience issues related to animal welfare on the farm, during transportation, and at slaughter.
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Animal Welfare: Laying Hens
Laying hens are raised to product eggs for products such as fresh eggs, egg mixes, egg whites, and powdered eggs. Hens may experience issues related to animal welfare at hatcheries, on-farm, during transportation, and at slaughter.
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Animal Welfare: Pigs
Pigs are raised for human consumption for product types such as bacon, ham, sausage, and pork chops. Pigs may experience issues related to animal welfare at on the farm, during transportation, and at slaughter.
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Antifreeze
Antifreeze includes ethylene and propylene glycol antifreezes (coolant) used in automotive engines.
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Apparel and Home Textiles
The Apparel and Home Textiles Toolkit covers apparel and home textiles made from any combination of natural and synthetic fibers. Product types covered include t-shirts, dresses, polo shirts, bed sheets, leggings, pants, window curtains, and tablecloths. This Toolkit is not meant to cover upholstered furniture, footwear, and other complex home products that are not primarily textiles.
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Apples and Pears
Apples and Pears include fresh, dried, and processed forms of apples, pears, quince, and other pome fruits. Product types include Gala, Granny Smith, Anjou, applesauce, dried apples, canned pears, and quince paste.
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Automotive Fuels
Automotive Fuels include petroleum-based fuels used in internal combustion engines. Product types include gasoline (petrol) and diesel.
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Automotive Oils
Automotive Oils include petroleum-based lubricating oils used in automobiles. Product types include motor oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid, transfer case fluid, and differential fluid.
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Automotive Tires
Automotive Tires include devices that are used to provide traction to automotive wheels and cushioning to vehicles and that are made of materials that include natural and synthetic rubbers, fabric, carbon black, and steel cords. Product types include car tires, truck tires, and motorcycle tires.
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Beans, Lentils and Peas
Beans, Lentils, and Peas include fresh, refrigerated, frozen, and other processed forms of edible legumes (e.g., phaseolus vulgaris species, phaseolus lunatus species, vigna species). Product types include green beans (string or snap, French/stringless), wax beans, dry beans (black, navy, pinto, kidney, white), butterbeans, lima beans, adzuki beans, mung beans, yardlong beans, black gram, cowpeas, pigeon peas, fava beans, runner beans, fresh peas, dry/field peas (split peas), chickpeas, and lentils.
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Beef
Beef includes fresh, refrigerated, frozen, or processed food products with beef as the primary ingredient. Product types include steak, ground beef, hamburger patties, jerky, and sausage.
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Beer
Beer includes fermented alcoholic beverages made from malted (sprouted) grains. Product types include ale, lager, malt liquor, and non-alcoholic beer.
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Berries and Grapes
Berries and Grapes include small fresh or processed pulpy fruits that do not contain stones or pips. Product types include strawberries, blueberries, black currants, cranberries, gooseberries, raspberries, green grapes, red grapes, blue-black grapes, globe grapes, muscat hamburg grapes, and concord grapes.
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Bicycles
Bicycles include human-powered recreational and transportation vehicles.
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Books and Magazines
Books and Magazines include printed and bound paper products. Product types include textbooks, novels, magazines, and periodicals.
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Bottled-Water
The Bottled Water Toolkit covers water that has been sealed in bottles or other containers and contains no added ingredients. Product types covered include spring water, purified water, mineral water, distilled water, well water, artesian water, and artesian well water. This Toolkit is not meant to cover beverages containing water as a primary ingredient, for example, carbonated water, seltzer water, soda water, sparkling water, tonic water, juice, soda, or sports drinks.
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CDs and DVDs
CDs and DVDs include optical data storage media used for music, video, games, or software. Product types include CD-ROMs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, recordable CDs, and rewritable CDs.
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Ceramic Products
Ceramic Products include any consumer products made predominantly of ceramic. Product types include plates, mugs, decorative items, tiles, earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, china, terra cotta, stock pots, and bakeware.
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Charcoal
Books and Magazines include printed and bound paper products. Product types include textbooks, novels, magazines, and periodicals.
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Chicken
Chicken includes fresh, refrigerated, frozen, or processed food products with chicken as the primary ingredient. Product types include roast chicken, halves, breasts, wings, legs, giblets, and sausages.
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Chocolate
Chocolate includes candy and confections with chocolate as a major ingredient but that may also include added milk, sweeteners, flavorings, and vegetable oils. Product types include dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, chocolate bars, chocolate-coated candies, chocolate toppings, and hot chocolate.
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Citrus
Citrus includes fresh, dried, frozen, canned, or other processed forms of fruit from the citrus genus. Product types include oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes, tangerines, tangelos, clementines, ugli fruits, and kumquats.
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Cocoa
Cocoa includes raw, roasted, and ground beans of the theobroma cacao tree. Product types include cocoa powder and cocoa butter.
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Coffee
Coffee includes roasted and unroasted coffee beans and beverages made from coffee beans. Product types include ground coffee, whole bean coffee, instant coffee, cold brew coffee, ready-to-drink coffee, and single serve coffee pods.
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Company-level Supplement
This Toolkit is a generic supplement to other TSC toolkits, with the intended use of providing an easier method for users to measure, track, and report environmental metrics by using organization-wide boundaries rather than facility-level boundaries in common environment and social KPIs.
Complex Foods and Beverages
Complex Foods and Beverages include foods and beverages made of multiple ingredients. Product types include chocolate, convenience meals, jams, juice, pet food, soup, soft drinks, spirits and liquors, baked goods, and vitamins and supplements.
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Computers
Computers include small and personal computers. Product types include desktop computers, laptop/notebook computers, netbooks, ultra-books, all-in-one desktop systems, slate computers (aka tablets), 2-in-1 laptop+tablet systems with integrated keyboards, small-scale servers, thin clients, and workstations.
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Copy and Printer Paper
Copy and Printer Paper includes unbound paper products primarily composed of virgin wood-based fibers, recycled fibers, or other natural fibers. Product types include copy paper, printer paper, card stock, and photo paper.
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Corn Syrup
Corn Syrup includes sugars and syrups derived from the starch of corn (maize). Product types include high-fructose corn syrup, corn sugar, and glucose syrup.
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Cotton-polyester Blend Textiles
Cotton-polyester Blend Textiles include apparel and home textiles primarily made from a blend of cotton and polyester fibers. Product types include t-shirts, dresses, polo shirts, bed sheets, leggings, pants, window curtains, and tablecloths.
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Cotton Products
Cotton Products include non-textile products with cotton as the primary material. Product types include cotton balls, cotton swabs, and cotton applicator tips.
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Cotton Textiles
Cotton Textiles include apparel and home textiles with cotton as the primary material. Product types include t-shirts, dresses, polo shirts, bed sheets, leggings, pants, window curtains, and tablecloths.
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Cucumbers, Melons, and Squash
Cucumbers, Melons, and Squash include all fresh, frozen, and other processed forms of fruits and vegetables from plants in the Curcurbitaceae family. Product types include cucumbers, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, zucchini, summer squash, winter squash, gourds, and pumpkin.
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Dairy
The Dairy Toolkit covers food products composed primarily of the milk from domesticated cattle. Product types covered include flavored and unflavored milk, butter, cheese, and yogurt. This Toolkit is not meant to cover food products made from the milk of other animals (e.g., goat, sheep, buffalo, camel), non-dairy milk, or any products using dairy as a minor ingredient, for example, goat's milk, sheep's milk, coconut milk, almond milk, rice milk, baby and infant formula, and milk chocolate
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Diapers
Diapers include disposable paper-based and fabric products enclosed intended for use by infants, adults, children, or pets for managing bodily fluid and waste. Product types include pull up diapers, training pants, swim diapers, adult diapers, and nappies.
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Displays
Displays include all flat panel or liquid crystal displays (LCDs), with light emitting diodes (LEDs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), or cold cathode fluorescent lights (CFLs) for backlighting, and cathode ray tube (CRT) technologies. Product types include televisions, computer monitors, and computer displays.
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Disposable Paper, Food and Drink Containers
Disposable Paper Food and Drink Containers include paper containers designed to hold food or beverages. Product types include paper plates, paper cups, paper bowls, paper trays, food service packaging, and takeaway containers.
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Disposable Wipes
Disposable Wipes include dry or moistened wipes made of non-woven materials for home or personal care applications. Product types include baby wipes, makeup remover wipes, antibacterial wipes, moist wipes, hemorrhoidal wipes, kitchen wipes, disinfectant wipes, automotive wipes, and computer wipes.
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Eggs
Eggs include food products composed primarily of eggs from domesticated poultry. Product types include fresh eggs, egg mixes, egg whites, and powdered eggs.
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Electronics
Electronics includes durable goods whose primary function is performed by systems made from integrated circuits such as IT equipment, consumer electronics products, and mobile and wearable devices. Product types include computers, displays, smartphones, televisions, stereos, GPS trackers, and smart watches.
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Electronics Peripherals and Accessories
Electronics Peripherals and Accessories include all electronic peripherals and accessories that support or work with primary IT or consumer electronic devices such as audio-visual devices, IT equipment, and wearable electronics. Product types include stereos, speakers, headphones, CD/DVD players, mice, docking stations, routers, headsets, external drives, remote controls, soundbars, GPS trackers, fitness bands, and smart watches.
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Engineered Wood Products
Engineered Wood Products include composite materials made from wood fiber, particles, or veneer often in combination with binding or adhesive agent. Product types include plywood, oriented strand board, fiberboard, particleboard, composite wood, manufactured wood, laminated timber, engineered flooring, glulam, i-joists, and laminated strand lumber.
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Farmed Fish
Farmed Fish includes food products composed primarily of fish produced by aquaculture. Product types include salmon, sea bass, cod, tilapia, common carp, and catfish.
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Farmed Shellfish
Farmed Shellfish includes food products composed primarily of crustaceans and mollusks produced by aquaculture. Product types include shrimp, prawns, lobster, crab, mussels, oysters, clams, abalone, scallops, and cockles.
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Feminine and Nursing Hygiene Products
Feminine and Nursing Hygiene Products include products that are composed of an absorbent pad or napkin with an adhesive strip, or as a short tube of compressed absorbent material with an attached string. Product types include panty liners, tampons, towels, pads, feminine napkins, and nursing pads.
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First Aid and Health Supplies
First Aid and Health Supplies include non-formulated products used for at-home medical treatment or as contraceptives. Product types include self-adhesive bandages, compression bandages, wound pads, gauze, tapes, alcohol swabs, moleskin, rubber gloves, condoms, and diaphragms.
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Flowers, Ornamentals and Garden Plants
Flowers, Ornamentals, and Garden Plants include cultivated or wild-harvested whole plants and cut flowers. Product types include bouquets, flower arrangements, flower bulbs, potted plants, seedlings, herbs, shrubs, hanging plants, and succulents.
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Fluorescent Lamps
Fluorescent Lamps include any lighting device (bulb) where the light is generated by a fluorescing compound inside a glass tube under vacuum. Product types include linear fluorescent, compact fluorescent (CFL), and metal halide lamps.
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Footwear
Footwear looks at all types of footwear, including,but not limited to those made of leather and synthetic components. Product types include sandals, slippers,athletic shoes, casual shoes, boots,work/safety shoes, and dress shoes.This assessment does not include socks or hosiery.
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Formulated Goods
Formulated Goods include products composed primarily of a mixture of chemical ingredients. Product types include leave-on personal care products, rinse-off personal care products, over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, cleaning products, household pesticides, paint, printer ink, and automotive fluids.
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Games and Puzzles
Games and Puzzles include tabletop games containing playing boards, cards, playing pieces, and possibly batteries. Product types include recreational board games, card games, puzzles, and game accessories.
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General Merchandise
General Merchandise includes durable goods assembled from one or more materials (including metal, plastic, glass, ceramic, textiles, and wood), electrical and mechanical components (including printed wiring boards, batteries, light bulbs, and small motors), and any added chemical ingredients. Product types include furniture, small and large appliances, toys, tools, officGeneral Merchandise includes durable goods assembled from one or more materials (including metal, plastic, glass, ceramic, textiles, and wood), electrical and mechanical components (including printed wiring boards, batteries, light bulbs, and small motors), and any added chemical ingredients. Product types include furniture, small and large appliances, toys, tools, office supplies, and sporting goods.e supplies, and sporting goods.
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General Merchandise - Powered
General Merchandise includes durable goods assembled from one or more materials (including metal, plastic, glass, ceramic, textiles, and wood), electrical and mechanical components (including printed wiring boards, batteries, light bulbs, and small motors), and any added chemical ingredients. Product types include furniture, small and large appliances, toys, tools, officGeneral Merchandise includes durable goods assembled from one or more materials (including metal, plastic, glass, ceramic, textiles, and wood), electrical and mechanical components (including printed wiring boards, batteries, light bulbs, and small motors), and any added chemical ingredients. Product types include furniture, small and large appliances, toys, tools, office supplies, and sporting goods.e supplies, and sporting goods.
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Glass Products
Glass Products include any consumer products made predominantly of glass. Product types include tableware, drinking glasses, cookware, and decorative items.
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Grain-based Foods
Grain-based Foods include food products composed primarily of one or more grains (e.g. wheat, corn, rice) which may be baked or unbaked. Product types include bread, breakfast cereal, pasta, bagels, biscuits, naan, rolls, sandwich bread, tortillas, dough, breakfast food such as muesli, and granola and hot cereals.
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Grains
Grains include food products composed only of grains (the edible seeds of grasses in the Poaceae plant family). Product types include barley, corn, oats, rice, wheat, sorghum, and flour.
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Hair Coloring Products
Hair Coloring Products include products applied to the hair to permanently or temporarily change or enhance its color. Product types include permanent hair dye, demi-permanent hair dye, semi-permanent hair dye, gels, sprays, foam-based formulations, ammonia-based formulations, peroxide based formulations, alkaline-agent based formulations, lighteners, bleaches, and henna.
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Hand Tools
Hand Tools include metal-based, powered and unpowered tools for building and repair tasks. Product types include hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, cordless drills, saws, and pliers.
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Household Cleaning Products
Household Cleaning Products include formulated goods used for cleaning household surfaces and objects. Product types include all-purpose cleaners, glass cleaners, floor cleaners, limescale removers, drain openers, shower sprays, carpet cleaners, stain removers, pet cleanup and odor control, oven cleaner, dish soap, dishwasher detergent, kitchen cleaners, bathroom cleaners, bleach, furniture polish, furniture cleaning products, and toilet cleaners.
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Household Paper Products
Household Paper Products include personal care and cleaning products composed primarily of virgin wood-based fibers, recycled fibers, or other natural fibers. Product types include toilet tissue, paper towels, facial tissue, and paper napkins.
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Household Pesticides
Household Pesticides include chemical formulations used to control pests in or around the home, which are packaged as sprays, granules, powders, liquids, and baits. Product types include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, antimicrobials, and insect repellents.
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Ice-Cream
The Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts Toolkit covers frozen dessert products composed primarily of milkfat, milk solids, and sweeteners and that may contain other ingredients, including chocolate or cocoa, eggs, fruit or fruit juices, and nuts. Product types covered include ice cream, custard, gelato, sherbet, sorbet, frozen yogurt, ice cream sandwiches, fruit bars, ices, popsicles, and mellorine. Frozen dessert products made with non-dairy ingredients are covered under the Non-Dairy Products Toolkit.
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Incandescent Lamps
Incandescent Lamps include any lighting device (bulb) where the light is generated by passing a current through a wire suspended in an inert gas such as argon or neon. Product types include incandescent light bulbs, halogen lamps, and halogen-xenon lamps.
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Jams and Jellies
Jams and Jellies include condiments and spreads composed of fruit, sugar, and gelling agents. Product types include jams, jellies, preserves, marmalades, preserves, conserves, compotes, fruit butter, chutney, and fruit syrup.
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Juice
Juice includes fruit and vegetable-based carbonated and non-carbonated beverages containing up to 50% other ingredients by volume, such as water, vegetable juice, sugar, colorings, and flavorings. Product types include orange juice, apple juice, juice cocktail, juice drink, fruited nectar, and frozen juice concentrate.
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Laundry Care Products
Laundry Care Products include liquid, gel, and solid formulated products used for machine and hand washing of textiles. Product types include laundry detergent, dryer sheets, fabric softeners, stain-removal boosters, spot treatments, dryer sheets, wrinkle releasers, fabric refreshers, spray starch, and water softeners.
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Lead-Acid Batteries
Lead-Acid Batteries include rechargeable energy storage devices using lead-acid chemistry for automobile applications (cars, forklifts, trucks, lawnmowers, boats).
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Leather Goods
Leather Goods include goods made primarily of leather materials, including full-grain, corrected-grain, patent, bonded, and split types of leather, and suede. Product types include jackets, pants, bags, cases, gloves, holsters, vests, chaps, watch straps, satchels, totes, and wallets.
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Leave-on Personal Care Products
Leave-on Personal Care Products include formulated products designed for application to skin and hair. Product types include moisturizing lotions, cosmetics, hand creams, body oils, after shaves, astringents, skin toner, antiperspirants, deodorants, perfume, over the counter medications for skin care, and leave-in hairstyling and grooming products.
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Lettuce and Leaf Vegetables
Lettuce and Leaf Vegetables include fresh, frozen, and processed forms of edible plant leaves. Product types include lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, arugula, chard, bok choy, mustard greens, collards, endive, and radicchio.
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Light Emitting Diode Lamps
Light Emitting Diode Lamps include any lamp that creates light by passing a voltage through an array of inorganic diodes that emit light at specific frequencies.
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Metal and Plastic Products
Metal and Plastic Products include consumer products made predominantly of metal and plastic. Product types include sporting goods and food storage containers.
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Metal Products
Metal products are used for a variety of purposes, and include consumer goods made of metals such as steel, aluminum, copper, gold, zinc, and various rare earth metals.
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Metal Toys
Metal Toys include products used for play and as collectibles, made primarily of metal or metal alloys which may be powered or unpowered. Product types include toy cars, train sets, and action figures.
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Mobile Devices
Mobile Devices include small, portable electronic devices used primarily for mobile communications (talking and texting) or displaying information exchanged over wireless connections. Product types include mobile phones, cellular phones, smart phones, and large format smart phones (aka phablets).
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Non-Dairy Products
Non-Dairy Products include beverages and other food products made from nuts, grains, or oilseeds blended with water and other ingredients. Product types include almond milk, coconut milk, soy milk, rice milk, non-dairy yogurt, and non-dairy frozen desserts.
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Nuts and Seeds
Nuts and Seeds include all varieties of fresh and lightly processed nuts and seeds. Product types include almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, peanuts (groundnuts), pecans, pistachios, walnuts, nut butters, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, and flax seeds.
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Nylon Textiles
Nylon Textiles include apparel and home textiles with nylon as the primary material. Product types include t-shirts, dresses, polo shirts, bed sheets, leggings, pants, window curtains, and tablecloths.
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Packaging
Packaging is used to protect consumer products from damage and contamination, and to extend the life time of products during manufacturing, transportation, and consumption. Packaging includes primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging applications made of plastic, paper, metal, and glass.
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Paint
Paint includes paints and finishes formulated for consumer applications. Product types include primers, wall paint, trim paints, spray paint, watercolors, lacquers, varnishes, wood finishes and stains, automotive paints and coatings, and paint thinners and removers.
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Palm and Vegetable Oils
Palm and Vegetable Oils include all edible oils extracted from plant seeds or fruits. Product types include corn oil, cottonseed oil, olive oil, palm and palm kernel oil, peanut (groundnut) oil, rapeseed (canola) oil, rice oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, avocado oil, walnut oil, margarine, and cooking spray.
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Paper and Wood Products
Paper and Wood Products include household and personal care products composed primarily of wood, recycled fibers, or other natural fibers. Product types include copy paper, diapers, dimensional lumber, disposable paper food and drink containers, feminine and nursing hygiene products, household papers, greeting cards, stationery paper, engineered wood products, wooden furniture, wooden pencils, and wooden toys.
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Personal Care Products
Personal Care Products include formulated products for use in the shower or sink in the form of gels, solids, and liquids. Product types include shampoos, conditioners, body wash, bar soaps, and hand soap.
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Pet Food
Pet Food includes food products intended for domestic animal consumption composed of multiple plant or animal-derived ingredients. Product types include wet pet food, dry pet food, kibble, dog food, cat food, fish food, bird food, dog treats, and cat treats.
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Pharmaceutical Products
Pharmaceutical Products include formulated products with active ingredients used for treating and preventing disease and managing health issues. Product types include prescription pain relievers, allergy medicine, sleep aids, antidepressants, and oral contraceptives.
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Plant-based Foods
Plant-based Foods include food products made primarily from a single plant-based ingredient. Product types include fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, coffee, tea, pasta, and bread.
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Plastic Products
Plastic Products include any consumer products made predominantly of plastic such as thermoplastics (e.g., polyolefins, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), styrenics, polyamides, polycarbonates, and polyester), thermosets (polyurethane), and bioplastics (e.g., polylactic acid). Product types include storage bins, disposable cutlery, and drinking cups.
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Plastic Toys
Plastic Toys include products used for play and as collectibles, made primarily of molded or extruded plastic which may be powered or unpowered. Product types include action figures, figurines, dolls, doll accessories, practical jokes, play sets (indoor and outdoor), building blocks and sets, and baby toys.
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Plush Toys
Plush Toys include products used for play and as collectibles, made primarily of textiles, synthetic or natural fiber fills, and other soft materials which may be powered or unpowered. Product types include dolls, figures, and stuffed animals.
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Polyester Textiles
Polyester Textiles include apparel and home textiles with polyester as the primary material. Product types include t-shirts, dresses, polo shirts, bed sheets, leggings, pants, window curtains, and tablecloths.
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Pork
Pork includes fresh, refrigerated, frozen, or processed food products with pork as the primary ingredient. Product types include bacon, ham, sausage, and pork chops.
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Printer Ink
Printer Ink includes the consumable media used by printers for printing paper documents. Product types include toner cartridges for laser or led printers and liquid inkjet inks and cartridges.
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Printers
Printers include desktop home and business printers. Product types include laser printers, inkjet printers, and all-in-one printers.
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Rayon Textiles
Rayon Textiles include apparel and home textiles with rayon as the primary material. Product types include t-shirts, dresses, polo shirts, bed sheets, leggings, pants, window curtains, and tablecloths.
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Refrigerating Appliances
Refrigerating Appliances include full-sized, compact, portable, and stationary refrigerating appliances. Product types include refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, minibars, wine and beverage coolers, unitary air conditioners (through-the-wall and window-mount), packaged-terminal air conditioners, and air-source heat pumps.
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Root Vegetables
Root Vegetables include fresh, frozen, dried, or other processed forms of edible roots tubers, corms, or bulbs of a wide range of plant species. Product types include potatoes, beets, carrots, parsnips, turnips, celeriac, rutabaga, sweet potato, yam, Jerusalem artichoke, jicama, taro, onion, and garlic.
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Sawn and Milled Lumber Products
Sawn and Milled Lumber Products include softwood and hardwood products used for construction and interior finishes. Product types include dimensional lumber, moulding, furniture, flooring, and fencing.
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Seafood
Seafood includes products containing a single seafood-based food ingredient produced by aquaculture or harvested from the ocean or inland waters. Product types include single seafood-based ingredient food products from species such as salmon, sea bass, cod, tilapia, common carp, catfish, shrimp or prawns, lobsters, crabs, mussels, oysters, clams, abalone, scallops, and cockles.
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Small Appliances
Small Appliances include portable and semi-portable powered devices used for aiding household or personal and beauty chores. Product types include blenders, coffee makers, irons, toasters, hairdryers, electric toothbrushes, and vacuum cleaners.
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Small Batteries
Small Batteries include rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries for toys, cameras, television remote, power tools, and other consumer applications. Product types include alkaline batteries, lithium-ion batteries, nickel metal hydride batteries, and nickel-cadmium batteries.
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Soda and Sport Drinks
Soda and Sports Drinks include carbonated, non-carbonated, or powdered beverages made of multiple ingredients. Product types include soft drinks, soda, energy drinks, fruit punch, and lemonade.
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Soup and Convenience Meals
Soup and Convenience Meals include shelf-stable, refrigerated, or frozen food products composed of multiple plant and animal-based ingredients. Product types include meat soups, noodle soups, vegetable soups, stew, broth, stock, frozen pizza, burritos, casseroles, pasta meals, and TV-dinners.
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Soy
Soy includes fresh, frozen, and processed food products composed primarily of soy (soybeans, soya, soyabeans, Glycine max). Product types include edamame, tofu, tempeh, soy nuts, and soy flour.
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Spirits and Liquors
Spirits and Liquors include alcoholic beverages made from the distillation of fermented fruits, sugarcane, potatoes, or grains. Product types include vodka, whiskey, gin, and rum.
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Stationery and Paper Supplies
Stationery and Paper Supplies include paper products used for writing and organization produced by cutting and assembling previously manufactured paper (converted paper products). Product types include notebooks, index cards, sticky notes, calendars, and greeting cards.
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Stone Fruit
Stone Fruit includes fresh, dried, frozen, and other processed forms of fruit from plants in the Prunus genus. Product types include peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, cherries, plumcot, pluot, greengage, Japanese plum, and prune.
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Sugar
Sugar includes sucrose sweeteners derived from sugarcane or sugar beets. Product types include white table sugar, cane sugar, cane syrup, powdered or confectioner's sugar, brown sugar, turbinado sugar, demerara sugar, and muscavado sugar.
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Tea (Non-Herbal)
Tea (Non-Herbal) includes the dried leaves obtained from the plant Camellia sinensis used for brewing hot and cold beverages. Product types include white tea, black tea, green tea, chai tea, matcha, sencha, and decaffeinated tea.
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Textiles and Footwear
Textiles and Footwear include apparel, home textiles, and all types of footwear made from any combination of synthetic and natural materials (cotton, nylon, polyester, and rayon fibers). Product types include t-shirts, pants, dresses, curtains, tablecloths, bedsheets, athletic shoes, boots, and dress shoes.
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Tomatoes, Peppers, and Eggplant
Tomatoes, Peppers, and Eggplant include the fresh, frozen, or processed edible fruits, typically treated as vegetables, of plants in the Solanaceae family. Product types include cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, tomatillos, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, banana peppers, chili peppers, and aubergines.
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Transportation
Transportation involves the handling and movement of materials, intermediate goods, and final products in consumer product supply chains, by road, rail, sea, or air.
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Tropical and Specialty Fruits
Tropical and Specialty Fruits include fresh, frozen, and processed fruits that are typically grown in tropical or subtropical climates. Product types include bananas, plantains, pineapple, mangoes, avocados, papaya, guava, kiwi, passionfruit, star fruit, dragonfruit, and figs.
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Turkey
The Turkey Toolkit covers fresh, refrigerated, frozen, or processed food products with turkey as the primary ingredient. Product types covered include roast turkey, halves, breasts, wings, legs, giblets, and sausages. This Toolkit is not meant to cover other meats, eggs, or complex food products using turkey as a minor ingredient, for example, chicken, fish, beef, soup, and convenience meals
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Video Game Consoles
Video Game Consoles include devices used for playing video games and viewing a range of multimedia entertainment. Product types include home consoles and portable consoles.
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Vitamins and Supplements
Vitamins and Supplements include preparations intended for human consumption that are made from one or more plant, animal, marine, bacterial, mineral, or synthetic ingredients that are bound and blended and intended to prevent, enhance, or improve health conditions of the human body. Product types include vitamins, minerals, herbs, trace elements, carotenoids, coenzymes, essential fatty acids, amino acids, hormones, probiotics, and protein supplements.
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Washing Appliances
Washing Appliances include residential standard and compact appliances that use water and detergent to clean and sanitize textiles and dishware. Product types include front-load washers, top-load washers, and dishwashers.
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Wild Caught Fish
Wild-Caught Fish includes food products composed primarily of fish harvested from the ocean or inland waters. Product types include salmon, tuna, cod, pollock, herring, and mackerel.
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Wild Caught Shellfish
Wild-Caught Shellfish includes food products composed primarily of crustaceans and mollusks harvested from the ocean or inland waters. Product types include it includes species such as shrimps, prawns, lobsters, crabs, mussels, oysters, clams, abalones, scallops, and cockles.
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Wine
Wine includes all varieties of alcoholic beverages produced by fermenting grape juice with yeast. Product types include red wine, white wine, rose, and sparkling wine.
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Wooden Furniture
Wooden Furniture includes furniture composed primarily of lumber and engineered wood products. Product types include beds, chairs, tables, bookcases, and desks.
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Wooden Pencils
Wooden Pencils include writing tools made of wood with a core of graphite or pigmented wax.
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Wooden Toys
Wooden Toys include products used for play and as collectibles, made primarily of wood which may be powered or unpowered. Product types include educational toys, figures, construction sets, musical instruments, puppets, and toy vehicles.
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