Public consultation on proposed new criteria for de-icers

Nordic Ecolabelling gives you the opportunity to comment on the proposal for new criteria for De-icers. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel is assessed from a life cycle perspective and places high demands on the environment and health.

Your comments are important and will be considered by the national ecolabelling boards and the Nordic Ecolabelling Board. 

Please find the proposed criteria for download further down on this page.

We look forward to your comments, which should be sent to Nordic Ecolabelling no later than 28 May 2023.

Nordic Swan Ecolabel de-icers

A Nordic Swan Ecolabel de-icer meet ambitious environmental requirements from a holistic life cycle perspective. This means that Nordic Swan Ecolabelled de-icers are amongst the environmentally best in their category.

What has been changed?

The most important changes compared to generation 2 of the criteria are:

• A definition of ingoing substances and impurities is introduced.
• A requirement for classification of ingoing substances is introduced (O4).
• The ecotoxicity requirement is tightened (O7).
• The limit values for nitrogen, phosphorus, and chlorine are tightened (O8).
• The limit values for heavy metals are tightened (O9).
• A list with prohibited substances is introduced (O10).
• The efficiency requirement is updated with new test standards, and it is no longer possible to perform user tests (O12).
• Packaging requirements regarding recycled material and design for recycling are introduced (O14-O15).
• Declarations from the manufacturer of the product and all the raw materials are introduced (Appendix 2 and 3).

We ask for input on the proposal as a whole and specifically on the following

• The requirement for classification of ingoing substances (O4). Please, look at the requirement based on the definition of ingoing substances and impurities on page 11.
• The tightened limit value for chlorine (O8).
• The list of prohibited substances; is there any substance on the list that lacks relevance (O10)?
• The new efficiency requirement; both the test methods and the limit values (O12).
• The packaging requirements regarding recycled material and design for recycling (O14-O15).

Documents for download

• Criteria proposal
• Background to the proposal

Who can provide input?

All people, companies and institutions who are interested in taking part in the development work of Nordic Ecolabelling criteria for Coffe services can provide us with their opinions and comments. We would appreciate if you kindly distribute information about this review to whom it may concern.

How can comments be sent in?

Your input is most valuable to our criteria development. We prefer to receive your answers via mail for each contry.

For further questions, please contact our product specialists

Sweden

Krisitn Stamyr
E-mail: kristin.stamyr@svanen.se or remiss@svanen.se

Norway

Arne Godal
E-mail: ag@svanemerket.no or post@svanemerket.no

Denmark

Daniel Otto Galouzis
E-mail: dga@ecolabel.dk or hoeringssvar@ecolabel.dk

Finland

Timo Sundström
E-mail: timo.sundstrom@ecolabel.fi or joutsen@ecolabel.fi

Iceland

Birgitta Stefánssdóttir
E-mail: Birgitta Stefánsdóttir

What happens next?

When the consultation period is complete, the answers will be compiled and evaluated. For this reason, a new revised proposal for criteria will be submitted to the national ecolabelling boards and committees. On this basis, the Nordic Ecolabelling Board will then decide on new criteria.

Part of the decision document is the summary of all hearing responses together with answers from Nordic Ecolabelling. The summary will be public and available on the Nordic Swan Ecolabel web page in connection with the publication of the new criteria.

We look forward to receiving your comments no later than 28 May 2023.