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• Products that use low levels of energy or water efficiently
• Durability, repairability, and recyclability
• Best suitability for use
• Observing the international standards for occupational safety
• Vending systems and services that provide common use, such as
carpooling

4. Turkish Environmental Labeling System
Turkish Environmental Labeling System is a system that takes into account
the TS EN ISO 14024 Type I Environmental Labeling, Principles and Methods
standard. Turkey’s GEN membership, a non-profit international platform
established in 1994 to support, develop and promote eco-labeled products
(https://globalecolabelling.net/gen-members/associate-members /)
was approved in 2022. GEN is the world’s most reliable and recognized
eco-label network and sets global criteria for eco-label excellence. Currently,
there are 38 eco-label systems that have been approved as full membership
by GEN. GEN, a non-profit organization, carries out activities towards the
excellence of eco-label applications all over the world and determines global
criteria for eco-label systems. Eco-label systems that meet the determined
global criteria are accepted into the GEN eco-label network. Therefore,
buying a product approved by a GEN eco-label member is considered as a
choice made for the right type of future for consumers or a sign of care shown
for the planet.”
Turkish Environmental Ecolabelling System is conducted under the
management and coordination of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization
and Climate Change together with all relevant stakeholders; the Ministry,
Environmental Label Board, and Technical Evaluation Committee which is
established for a specific product or a service, as well as other public and
private institutions/organisation, non-governmental organisations, ecolabel
user, consumer organisations or other participants, to be invited specifically
for the context are all involved in the label development process for products
and services.
The process of developing criteria in the Environmental Labelling System
is summarized in Figure 1. The main approach adopted in determining the
Environmental Label criteria is;
To compile sectoral data specific to our country,
To gain contributions from the sector in the compilation of this data to the
greatest extent possible, to obtain data from all companies operating in the
sector within this framework,

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