The Advantages of Ecolabel Policy for the

Environment

BY:

R. G. T Sophia A.MHigh Intermediate 4

Friday: 17.00-21.00

Foreword

This essay was made as the final project of High Intermediate Four level in LBPP LIA Galaxy. The title of this essay is “The Advantges of Ecolabel Policy for the Environment”. The purpose of making this essay is to explain some of the advantages of the Ecolabel policy that can protect our environment from exessive damages. Through this essay the writer tries to make readers aware of the advantages of Ecolabel policy.

The writer realizes that this essay still needs a lot of improvements, therefore, suggestions and criticisms are needed to make the writer better in writing an essay in the future. Finally, the writer hopes this essay will be useful for the readers.

March 17, 2010Writer,Sophia

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Acknowledgment

First, I would like to thank God for His guidance. Without His guidance, I couldn’t have finished my essay project well. I also would to thank all my teachers who have taught me at LIA: Miss Nunung, Miss Monic, Miss Dewi, Mr.Asep and especially Miss Atin for her support. My Friends in HI-4 in Saturday Class at 15.00-17.00, the unforgettable class with crazy people. And I also would like to thank all my new friends in HI-4 Friday class at 17.00-21.00. Last but not least I would like to thank all staff or members in LIA for facilitating me to improve my English proficiency.

March 17, 2010Writer,

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Sophia

Contents

Forewords.....................................................................................2Acknowledgement........................................................................3Contents.......................................................................................4The Outline...................................................................................5The Advantages of Ecolabel Policy for Environment.....................6Bibliography..................................................................................9

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The Outline

Title : The advantages of Ecolabel policy for the environmentThesis Statement: Ecolabel Policy provides three main advantages for our environment; prevent illegal logging, decrease pollutant and avoid illegal fishing.

Body ParagraphA. Topic Sentence

Ecolabel Policy can help government to reduce illegal logging that happened in its country.

1. The impact of illegal logging2. How Ecolabel prevents illegal logging3. Indonesian Companies which hold Ecolabel certificate

B. Topic SentenceEcolabel policy also gives contribution in handling waste problem

1. Example of waste in textile industry2. How Ecolabel can decrease pollution3. Criteria of Ecolabel packaging

C. Topic SentenceEcolabel policy can also be used to avoid the illegal fishing

1. How the fishermen do illegal fishing

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2. Ecolabel makes sure the illegal fish do not enter supply chain

ConclusionIn conclusion, Ecolabel is not just a label, but it can save our environment because it can help us to prevent some environmental problems like illegal logging, pollutant and illegal fishing.

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The Advantages of Ecolabel Policy for Environment

In globalization era right now, many people are more concerned about the environment protection. Some environment problems such as water pollution, soil erosion, air pollution, acid rain and flood happen because of company’s activities that are not concerned about environment issue. Many countries especially in Europe and America are really concerned about environment protection, therefore they use “Ecolabel” as a standardization for any kinds of products. Ecolabel stands for “eco’ means environment and “label” means sign or certificate. So, Ecolabel means a label or certificate that is put in a product or product packaging, to give the information that the product made is environmentally friendly. At the beginning, Ecolabel is a standardization of environmentally friendly products which are issued by European Union to protect their citizens from products or services that are dangerous to environment. This label or certificate will be given by the Ecolabel institution or government to the companies after they do some tests about the life-cycle-of the products, from the raw material until the life-cycle consideration. This label is used in any kinds of products from household tools to agricultural production tools. Ecolabel has been implemented in European Union since 16th July 2008. This

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fenomenon also increases in developing countries such as Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. In 1994, Indonesia founded Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI) lead by Prof. Emil Salim. Ecolabel policy provide s three main advantages for our environment – prevent illegal logging, decrease pollution and avoid illegal fishing.

First, Ecolabel policy can help the government to reduce illegal logging that happens in its country. Illegal issue is a global problem that happens in almost every country in the world. There is no doubt that people consume a lot of materials which are made from woods, starting from a small product like tissue and paper to a large scale of products such as furniture and property materials. Because of the increasing demand of those products, the illegal logging practice also increases. The illegal logging activity definitely destroys our environment such as biodiversity reduction, habitats degradation and ecosystems function, the carbon emission, erosion, and ecosystem degradation. With Ecolabel policy, the government can minimize those problems. For example, a company which runs a business in paper and pulp industry, has to follow this kind of rules: do not take the raw materials form conservation areas or protected forests. If the company follows the rules, the LEI will give a certificate or symbol that the product is environmentally friendly. Ecolabel policy directly pushes the company to pay big attention to environment, so that it can prevent illegal logging from increasing. Some companies in Indonesia that have been certified by Ecolabel are PT. Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia, PT Furni Jawa Lestari and PT. RAPP.

Second, besides preventing illegal logging, Ecolabel policy also gives contribution in handling waste problem. As explained

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before that Ecolabel evaluates products from the beginning (production) until the end user (consumer). This label makes sure that the product is environmentally friendly. Take an example in Indonesia, there are many textile companies which use chemical materials. These companies have to obey the government procedure that the chemical materials are not dangerous to environment. The industrial waste must be reprocessed before it is released. The packaging of the product has to follow such Ecolabel packaging criteria such as reusable and or recyclable or biodegradable. With Ecolabel, the company will obey the government or institution procedure about the waste or pollutant that the company releases. Ecolabel indicates that a product is safe to consume and it is also safe to the environmet.

Third, Ecolabel can also be used to avoid the illegal fishing. Because of the human population, the demand for products from water environment especially from sea also increases. This condition makes some people do illegal fishing and market the products with low-cost. Illegal fishing surely damages to water environment because people do fishing without following the procedure. They do fishing with such terrible ways such as using dynamite or electric tools and do fishing in non-fishing zone or closed seasons. With Ecolabel, the products from water environment can be controlled based on fishing procedures or rules where the fishermen or companies operate. If the products are suitable with the procedure, they can get Ecolabel or certificate. Ecolabel ensures that illegal fish cannot enter the supply chain.

In conclusion, Ecolabel is not just a label, but it can save our environment because it can help us to prevent some environmental problems like illegal logging, pollution, and illegal

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fishing. People have to be more concerned about protecting the environment, with Ecolabel people can make sure that they consume the environmentally- products and also push many companies to be more disciplined and to be more concerned about our environment.

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