ECO LABEL Criteria for Paints and Varnishes

Generally, the most common way to classify environmental labels is whether the label is mandatory or optional. Mandatory environmental labeling are implementations that are brought by legal regulations and dominate certain areas such as water or energy consumption.

Voluntary labeling programs include three main types. Type I label is for products approved by third parties. The Type II label is its own claim to stakeholders directly involved in the product life cycle. Type III label is not very common. ECO LABEL falls under the environmental label program Type I.

Paints and coatings for interior walls evaporate hazardous emissions such as volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde in some cases. Therefore, consumers should be warned about the toxicological and environmental properties and safe use of these products. Eco labels have a very important function in terms of warning end users. The ECO LABEL environmental label is a document based on life cycle assessment for all building products, including paints and varnishes. This document guides end users' awareness of the environmental and health impacts of the products they purchase.

The main ECO LABEL criteria for paints and varnishes are collected under the following headings:

• As per the general environmentinformation about the product, classification of products, classification of constituent chemicals, environmentally hazardous substances, preservatives, formaldehyde, residual monomers in polymers, heavy metals, titanium dioxide, powder raw materials, nanoparticles, other unused substances, content of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds, volatile aromatic hydrocarbons
• Quality requirements: white pigment content, wet rub resistance claims, spreading rate, water resistance, adhesion, wear
• Consumer information, packaging and take-back systems: consumer information, packaging, take-back systems
• Quality management and legal requirements: laws and regulations, license managers, documentation, product quality, planned changes, unforeseen non-conformances, traceability

Our organization has a strong staff that closely follows the developments in the world in the field of science and technology and constantly improves itself. At the same time, it uses modern test equipment and applies test methods accepted all over the world. Within this framework, it provides ECO LABEL certification services for paints and varnishes to manufacturers.