Life Cycle Evaluation of Environmental Impacts of Products in Eco Mark Program

Abstract

The Eco Mark program is an environmental labelling scheme which adopts ISO standard for Type I environmental labelling as a code of good practice. The environmental impacts in each stage of life cycle of a product are extracted and discussed in an Eco Mark working group of the product. The working group is consisted of delegates from three interested parties such as suppliers, consumers and experts from third party relating to the product. A set of draft criteria for the product certification delivered from the working group is published for public comments and modified if necessary before it is established. The operational mechanism of the Eco Mark program and some outputs are shown in the presentation.