With the increase in consumer and environmental awareness, the importance of the eco certificate increases. The Eco certificate is a document that shows that the producers are sensitive to the environment during production. With the Eco certificate, the producers gain the trust of consumers because they produce environmentally sensitive production.
The Eco-Label application or the Environmental Label System, developed by the European Union, was launched to help consumers choose greener products and services.
Green product or green product means products that are sensitive to environmental conditions, do not consume natural resources, pollute the nature, can be recycled or protected. Environmentally conscious people pay attention to the signs and certification statements on the products. However, some conscious consumers want to go one step further and make sure that nature is well protected in the process from the production of green products to the sale in the markets. It asks whether the facilities where these products are produced cause harm to the environment, whether the waste is managed well or not, even if transport operations are carried out with environmentally friendly vehicles. Because unfortunately some malicious people can make the products look like they are environmentalists.
Green products should not pose a danger to human or animal health, should not harm the environment during production, use or waste stages, should not use energy resources excessively and should not generate unnecessary waste due to poor packaging or short life span.
The Eco-Label application, implemented by the European Union, certifies that products are manufactured and delivered to consumers in accordance with these specifications and can be provided for any product or service in areas other than food, beverages, medicine and medical products. Today, new products and services are constantly included in the scope of this application and the range of products and services is expanding gradually.
The environmental labeling system was established by a regulation issued by the Council of Ministers of the European Union in 1992, and more than one thousand products or services are licensed today. In 2010, this regulation was revised and updated and published as the Eco-Label Regulation 66 / 2010 / EC.
