Green Dot
What Is It?
To promote its widespread use, the "Packaging Recovery Organization Europe (PRO Europe)" was established in 1995. Operating on a non-profit basis, PRO Europe grants the license to use the Green Dot symbol to national recycling systems — one authorized system per country.
The Green Dot has become an international symbol representing producer responsibility in packaging. When a product carries the Green Dot mark, it indicates that the company placing that packaged product on the market contributes financially to the recycling and recovery system.
Green Dot
What You Need to Know
- Recycling systems in 31 countries, mostly EU members, use the Green Dot symbol.
- More than 150,000 companies display the Green Dot symbol on their packaging.
- The number of packages featuring the Green Dot exceeds 400 billion each year.
- More than 500 million consumers benefit from Green Dot systems.
- The Green Dot is a registered trademark in over 170 countries.
