1. General overview
1.1 Environmental issues related to the ecological quality of products
Industry, agriculture, transport... all these sectors have a negative impact on the environment. And yet, what is the purpose of these activities if not to provide consumers with the goods and services they buy every day? So, for example, our waste is first and foremost our purchases. As for the "greenhouse effect", it results in part from the life cycle of the products we consume (manufacturing, distribution, disposal).
To gain a more detailed understanding of the impact of our consumption, the European Commission, through its Integrated Product Policy (IPP), has carried out various studies to characterize the average consumption of a European. Their summary for the period 1999-2002, entitled...
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Standardization
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
http://www.iso.ch/iso.fr/catalogueListPage.CatalogueList
ISO 14020 series of international standards on eco-labeling.
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International standard ISO 14020 "Environmental labels and declarations: general principles...
Organizations
AFAQ-AFNOR Certification http://www.marque-nf.com
ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency) Eco-design and sustainable consumption department http://www.ademe.fr/eco-achats
Ministère de l'aménagement du territoire...
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