Ecolabels: One world, but not one word
March 17, 2008
There are lots of eco-labels for different purposes, and lots of words to name them.
Perhaps as more people write about ecological issues, the tags will help link more articles together.
This list is based on ecolabel in the GEMET Thesaurus(Eionet) and ecolabel on OmegaWiki, with additions as I discover them. Eionet is the European Environment Information and Observation Network. GEMET is their GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus.
| “ecolabel” | ||
| Български | Bulgarian | еко-етикет |
| Čeština | Czech | značka ekologická |
| Dansk | Danish | miljømærke |
| Deutsch | German | Ökomark, Umweltzeichen |
| Ελληνικά | Greek | οικολογικό σήμα |
| English | English | ecolabel |
| Español | Spanish (Castillian) | etiqueta ecolígica |
| Eesti keel | Estonian | ökomärgis, keskkonnamärgis |
| Euskara | Basque | ekoetiketa; etiketa ekologiko |
| Français | French | écolabel |
| Magyar | Hungarian | ökocímke |
| Italiano | Italian | marchio di qualità ecologica |
| Nederlands | Dutch | milieukeur(merk) |
| Norsk | Norwegian (Bokmål) | miljømerke |
| Polski | Polish | ekoetykieta |
| Português | Portuguese | rótulo ecológico |
| Русский | Russian | экоэтикетка |
| Slovenčina | Slovakian | ekologická značka |
| Slovenščina | Slovenian | ekonalepka |
| Suomi | Finnish | ympäristömerkki |
| Svenska | Swedish | miljömärke |
I am making the information in the Table available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
If you know of any more translations, comment please!
This entry is part of the Infomancy Eco-Symbols Series.
| The Blauer Engel (Blue Angel) is the first environment-related label for products and services in the world. It was created in 1977, and the first awards made in 1978. |  |
Green Dot: When a recycle symbol doesn’t mean recyclable
November 6, 2007
A few weeks ago I told a friend that this symbol does not mean you can put the packaging in for recycling. (Right.) I thought it meant the packaging is made of recycled material. (Wrong.)
Turns out the “Green Dot” is used on packaging in some European countries to show that the manufacturer has paid a fee to a national packaging recovery company.
So it does NOT have anything to do with the packaging at all!
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