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Eco - Labeling Scheme Certification The Need for an Eco-Label
Consumers are becoming more concerned with the adverse impacts of industrial pollution on the environment and their health. Mounting pressure on industry to adopt more, eco friendly, chemicals and manufacturing processes has led to an increased demand, particularly in the textile sector. Eco-Labels that certify the, eco-friendliness, of the textile product are now increasingly in demand by the consumers. While this will certify at their products do not contain chemicals, which might be harmful to the consumer, the requirement for an eco-Iabel is not uniform around the world. Currently, these are mainly required in Western Europe, with Germany being the most demanding. Other German and Nordic speaking countries follow closely behind.
What is an Eco-Iabel?
An eco-Iabel provides brief information on environment related product qualities. It enables consumers to identify: those products that are environmentally safe; that have been manufactured using eco friendly materials and do not contain chemicals that are harmful to the user. Eco-Labelling Schemes
There is a wide range of eco-Labelling schemes covering a variety of textile product groups. Each have developed criteria that vary in approach from full life cycle analysis to schemes that address only the quality of the final product.
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Eco-Labeling Process Flow |
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What are the benefits of Eco-Labelling? These can be briefly summarised as follows:
Enhanced export market opportunities - manufacturers and retailers of textile goods are expected to be increasingly asked to comply with the international eco-labels. Given the scenario of open world-wide competition beyond 2005, securing of an eco-Iabel will greatly assist the manufacturers and retailers in enhancing tl1e export market opportunities.
Improved product quality - through the removal of substances in the fabric that may be harmful to the customer.
Financial savings - through process optimization and improvements that result in saving of water, chemicals and energy. Often the processing time is reduced and the RFT (Right First Time) is improved. All these benefits generally offset the incremental costs of using eco friendly chemicals or of adopting to modified processing.
Improved environmental performance – ‘through phasing out of toxic and hazardous substances and conservation in water, energy and raw material usage. This leads to a reduction in the quantities and pollution potential of various emissions. |
