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The Importance Of Ecolabels in Sustainable Production and Consumption:
Turkish Environmental Labelling System

of relevant public institutions and organizations, sector representatives,
non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders are taken and
transparency is aimed at the entire process. All these applications are in
parallel with the best practices such as EU Ecolabel, Germany Blue Angel, etc.
and meet the requirements for GEN membership.
In the development and implementation of product or service group criteria,
a balance is sought between improving the environmental performance of the
product or service and the financial and administrative burden. Due diligence
is shown to avoid establishing the criteria that may impose disproportioned
administrative and economic burdens on small and medium-sized
enterprises. The purpose of the Environmental Label System is to improve
the environmental performance of products or services.
Environmental Label criteria have been published by the Ministry of
Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change in the following product
groups so far:
• Touristic accommodation service group
• Cleaning paper product group
• Textile product group
• Ceramic coating product group
• Dish soap product group
• Personal care and cosmetics product group
• Glass product group
• Laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent product group
In addition to these product groups, it is aimed to determine LCA
applications and environmental label criteria for furniture products, natural
stone, hygienic products and hard surface cleaners product groups by the end
of 2023. In Table 2, the titles of the criteria included in the Environmental Label
criteria determined for the two selected product groups are given. As it can be
seen, different criteria are defined for different products while there are also
common criteria such as waste management, packaging, suitability for use,
informing the consumer and the information provided on the Environmental
Label. Detailed information about the Environmental Label Criteria developed
by the Ministry is available at https://cevreetiketi.csb.gov.tr/ .
As of the publication date of this article, three companies have the right
to use Environmental Labels for five different product groups in our country.
Detailed information is available on the website of the Ministry of Environment,
Urbanization and Climate Change (https://cevreetiketi.csb. gov.tr/) about the
studies/projects conducted by the Ministry regarding the Environmental Label.

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