Turkey
will launch its ecolabel certification allowing consumers to identify
environment-friendly products, said an official on Jan. 9.The official from the
Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization said the ministry has already
completed a project aimed to integrate Turkey’s legislation into the European
Union’s ecolabel legislation.
A closing ceremony of the Establishment of the National Environmental Labeling
System will be held in the capital Ankara on Jan. 11.During the event, winners
for the National Ecolabel Logo Competition will be announced. Eighty-five logos
are competing for the prize.At the very first level of its implementation,
three products in Turkey—textile, ceramics and paper industry—will get
environmental labeling, said the official who spoke on the condition of
anonymity due to restrictions on talking to media.Products from seven firms,
including two firms in the textile sector, two in the paper sector and three in
the ceramic sector, will be ecolabeled.An ecolabel system covers every stage of production, starting from the
procurement of the raw material.The system encourages energy efficiency, waste
minimization and sustainable production.
Source: Daily News,USA Wednesday, 10 January 2018