Öko-Tex Standard 100 - certification system for ecological reliability of textiles

Authors

  • Snježana Kirin Cotton Plant »Duga Resa«, Duga Resa, Croatia
  • Ružica Čunko Faculty of Textile Technology University of Zagreb, Department for textile chemistry and material testing, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The Öko-Tex system of environmental evaluation of textiles is presented, including: a presentation of standards and criteria, the method of sampling for testing, the method of testing and certification according to the "Öko-Tex Standard 100" norm series, and marking with the corresponding ecological label. An example from practice shows the sequence of actions that must be taken when seeking the right to use the Öko-Tex label, the way to implement the certification procedure and the conditions for using the label.

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Published

1999-06-30

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 6 (1999)

Section

Professional paper

License

Copyright (c) 1999 Hrvatski inženjerski savez tekstilaca

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

[1]
Kirin, S. and Čunko, R. 1999. Öko-Tex Standard 100 - certification system for ecological reliability of textiles. Tekstil. 48, 6 (Jun. 1999), 299–306.