Green Labels: Ecolabels

Ecolabels usually cover a wide range of environmental impacts, across the lifetime of a product, from production and use through to disposal. Some, like the European Ecolabel, shown below, apply to many different types of product.

European Ecolabel
This is an official Europe-wide award for non-food products that minimise impacts on the environment. Products must be independently certified, and have to meet strict criteria for all the main environmental impacts across their whole life cycle. In the UK products with the Flower label include kitchen rolls, toilet tissue, paints and clothing.




Some countries or areas also have national ecolabel schemes. For more information on Ecolabels in your country or region visit the Global Ecolabelling Network. Two examples of country specific and regional labels are shown below.


Nordic Ecolabel
Nordic Swan in Scandinavia








German Ecolabel
Blue Angel in Germany