Development of EU Ecolabel and GPP Criteria for Flushing Toilets and Urinals. Technical Report.

摘要

The following Technical Report presents the final proposal for EU Ecolabel and EU GPP criteria on Flushing Toilets and Urinals, and explains the rationale behind each criterion.The primary goal of establishing EU Ecolabel and GPP criteria for flushing toilets and urinals is to increase their water efficiency during operation, as water consumption in the use phase has been identified to contribute most to the environmental impact caused by this product group. Further, other aspects related to the product’s life cycle, which improvement can bring environmental benefits, are also considered.Establishing ecological criteria for flushing toilets and urinals and promoting appropriately the awarded products, if accepted by a wider range of producers and users, will contribute to greener product purchases, which shall reduce the consumption of water. Besides, this should also result in other environmental benefits, like lower water pollution and eutrophication, energy saving and lower related air emissions, resource consumption and potentially higher resource efficiency management. Finally, the environmentally friendlier products should also bring private and public customers direct cost savings.