Environmental Project, 1110 – Ecolabelling of printed matter - part I

Ecolabelling of printed matter - part I

Preface

This project has been conducted with the support of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. It started in April 2003 and was concluded in April 2004. The project was run by the Graphics Association of Denmark, GA – the employers’ federation for the Danish printing industry. The project manager was Ninna Johnsen, GA.

The project was carried out with the help of the Institute of Product Development, IPU, and the Department of Engineering and Management, IPL, Technical University of Denmark.

The purpose of the project was to analyse the Swan label criteria for printed matter from a life cycle analysis perspective and produce well founded suggestions for changes to the criteria, including recommendations concerning the synergy effect of combining environmental management and environmental product declarations. The project was also related to the development of criteria for the EU environmental label, the Flower.

The target group for the results of the project includes institutions involved in developing and defining criteria for the EU Flower label for printed matter, and Nordic institutions involved in the development, revision, approval and monitoring of the Swan label for printed matter.

The project has been delivered in two parts, the first part is this main report itself, “Ecolabelling of printed matter - part I”, whereas the second part is a working report, “Ecolabelling of printed matter - part II; Life Cycle Assessment of model sheet fed offset printed matter”, Working report no. 24, 2006”.

The members of the steering committee were:

Søren Mørch Andersen, Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Jesper Gruvmark, Environmental labelling secretariat
Kerstin Sahlen, SIS Ecolabelling AB
Kim Hansen, Phønix-Trykkeriet as
Per K. Hansen, Stibo Graphic A/S
Flemming Skovlund, Schultz Grafisk A/S
Steinar Webjornsen, Media Association, Norway
Helene Markussen, Association of Danish Daily Newspapers
Henrik Fred Larsen, IPU, IPL,Technical University of Denmark
Christian Poll, IPU
Carsten Bøg, GA
Anette Møller, GA
Ninna Johnsen, GA

June, 2006