what do the 'two circular arrows' logo on products mean?

Question

all i know is that it does NOT mean recyclable...
i can foun them on food products, cosmetics and nail polish remover bt i have no idea what it means, plz help!

Answer 1

I think it also means that the containers have been made from recycled items. And then they will be able to be recycled again into something else! Hence the circle and the arrows, the recycling goes on and on indefinitely.

Answer 2

The only thing that banning tobacco products will do is quadruple the price of them on the black market, give gangsters another revenue source, and increase gang warfare and violence. No one is going to quit unless and until they really want to. I have gone nearly three months now by using a nicotine patch. They work damned well but they must be used as directed. I haven't been perfect, but nearly so. I got drunk and smoked two cigarettes last Saturday night. The only blemish on an otherwise perfect record. I wish they could come up with a way that would make someone feel a sharp jolt of pain every time they took a puff from a cigarette. All of these ineffective ads on tv , radio, and billboards are a waste of money. You can warn a smoker and preach until you go blue in the face, it will not matter. I have quit more than one nasty drug habit, cigarettes are far and away the toughest addiction I have ever dealt with.

Answer 3

Recyclable.

Answer 4

The two circular arrows means it IS recycled and you can recycle it is again.

Answer 5

I think it means the containers (rather than the products) are recyclable.

Answer 6

Good Question.

It means a contribution is being made to the entire recycling process. The "Green Dot" is a Trade Mark. A company putting the "Green Dot" on its products has to pay a fee to do so. This fee is used to fund recycling projects. Hope that makes sense.

The company in efffect has paid a voluntary eco tax for each item it makes, and gets to use the dot to show that it has done so.

Its a bit like wearing a sticker to show you have given to charity.

The packaging/product does not neccessarily have to be recyclable for the symbol to be on it.


"Background and history of the Green Dotª
The Green Dotª was established in Germany in 1991 by Duales System Deutschland, a non-profit organisation. It created the Green Dotª to finance its activities. The Green Dotª is a recognised symbol indicating that a financial contribution has been paid to a national packaging recovery company, that has been set up in accordance with the principles defined in the European Directive for packaging waste and its national law. It is NOT a recycling symbol. Fillers, packers and importers are able to attach the Green Dotª to all packaging, once the respective manufacturer has paid the licence fee. The fees in these countries are evaluated by the relevant licensor, according to the volume, material and weight of the packaging.

In order to meet the "European Packaging Directive", constituents from EU member states founded PRO-Europe, the "Packaging Recovery Organisation Europe s.p.r.l". PRO-Europe has two Directors and it was set up as a 100% associated company of the Duales System Deutschland (DSD) to licence the Green Dotª to all existing and future nationally recognised collection and recycling companies. DSD authorises PRO-Europe through a general licence to arrange and manage main licence contracts to use the Green Dotª within the European market.

European waste policy must not be allowed to hinder free trade between member states. It was important that PRO-Europe aimed to prevent obstruction to the import/export of trade by trying to maintain a recognisable trademark throughout Europe. Therefore, the primary target of the European partnership was to award the Green Dotª to qualified organisations and to establish it as a European trademark. The member states within the European Union which have adopted the Green Dotª trademark are the Republic of Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden.

European countries are able to use the Green Dotª approach to finance their packaging waste collection systems and reprocessing industries, though each country must comply with their respective interpretation of the packaging waste regulations. Therefore, the licence fees associated with the symbol varies according to each country and its packaging waste legislation. In addition to PRO-Europe members being able to distribute Green Dotª licensing, they are also responsible for the co-operation of the qualified organisations. Criteria checks are undertaken for all manufacturers and distributors of packaging who are applying for the Green Dot licence, ensuring they run in agreement with the European Monopolies Commission, national trademark laws and other conflicts of law."

"The 'green dot', as utilized in Europe, carries a somewhat different meaning than the recycling symbols used in the United States. The presence of a 'green dot' symbol on packaging denotes that the manufacturer of the package has purchased a license for the right to use the 'green dot' trademark. The cumulative license fees fund a system of not only recovering and recycling packaging materials, but also of minimizing the use of packaging material, and of creating packaging that is easier to recycle. "

Follow the links for details on the "green dot" and other symbols.

Answer 7

Taken from renewable sources :)