Blue Angel environmental label

The Blue Angel eco-labels for leather may be awarded to the product leather which has been manufactured in an environmentally friendly way, from the health point of view does not have an adverse impact on the living environment and does not contain any hazardous substances that would significantly impede recycling. 

The Blue Angel is a German eco-label for products and services [7]. The eco-label was introduced in 1978 and was one of the first worldwide environmental labels. The Blue Angel is an official label since it is owned by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Germany. The award criteria are established by the Federal Environmental Agency in Germany with the support of scientific institutes and the industry. 

ISO Type I Environmental Labelhng Most of the eco-labelling schemes can be included in this type. This programme is a voluntary, multiple criteria-based, third-party programme. It awards a license for a product type considering the whole life cycle of this product category. Blue Angel, EU Ecolabel and Nordic Swan can be included in this class. 

Blue Angel is a German eco-label established in 1978 and is the oldest eco-label in the world. The criteria are established by the German Federal Environment Agency. The label has four different protection goals health, climate, water and resources. Blue Angel contributes both environmental and consumer protection (Uil-16 Url-17 Url-18). 

The producers of computers, printers, monitors, copiers and keyboards would all like to utilise environmental labels like the Blauer Angel (Blue Angel) or the TC099 to their equipment. A feature common to all the award guidelines is that they largely exclude the use of plastics incorporating flame retardants that contain halogen. 

Environmental certification programs include Green Cross and Green Seal in the United States, the Blue Angel program in Germany, the EcoMark in Japan, and the Environmental Choice label in Canada. 

EnvirOTimental trends are having an impact on electrical applications. Waste legislation includes WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive 2002/%/EC which holds producers responsible for collection and recovery of materials at end of Ufe. Additionally, materials that contain bromine-based flame retardants must be removed from the waste and handled separately. In restrictions on use of hazardous substances (ROHS) directive 2002/95/EC, the use of various hazardous materials is restricted. These include lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ether. Since the introduction of Blue Angel in Germany in 1978, several other eco-labels have been implemented. These include TCO (Sweden), Nordic Swan, Milieukeur (Netherlands), and the EU Ecolabel. The general purpose of these labels is to provide cmisumers with information relating to the environmental impact of the products they purchase. 

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