In May of this year, Ekopak began awarding the Green Dot certificate to all companies that, by signing a contract with Ekopak, legally regulated the right to label their packaging with the internationally protected Green Dot symbol.
On this occasion, representatives of Ekopak visited the headquarters of the companies Ledo, Ataco, Agrokor, Bossin and Dara to personally present them with the Green Dot certificate as a sign of gratitude for recognizing Ekopak as their system operator, and for trusting it to fulfill the recycling obligations arising from the Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste Management in the Federation of BiH on their behalf.
The Green Dot is an internationally protected mark of Pro Europe, the umbrella organisation of European operators of packaging and packaging waste management systems. The Green Dot is the most widely used and widely used mark in the world, registered in more than 170 countries. Around 460 billion packaging units are marked with the Green Dot every year, and more than 170,000 companies mark their product packaging with this mark. 300 million citizens in the EU have access to separate collection of packaging waste, which is financed by PRO EUROPE member operators.
The Green Dot certificate is an indicator of the social responsibility of companies that care about environmental protection and packaging waste generated after the use of their products, and through Ekopak, financially contribute to the establishment and development of an efficient, transparent, sustainable and long-term system of packaging waste collection and recycling in BiH.
In the coming period, this certificate will be awarded to all companies (manufacturers, importers and end suppliers) that are included in the Ekopak system and that place products marked with the Green Dot symbol on the market, thus enabling all consumers to make their contribution to environmental protection by purchasing products with this symbol.
At the same time, Ekopak is conducting market research with the aim of legally regulating the authorized use of this internationally protected mark, which is one of the obligations arising from Ekopak’s membership in Pro Europe. Therefore, Ekopak invites all companies that use the Green Dot to contact Ekopak and regulate the use of this prestigious mark on the packaging of their products.
