The effective participation of environmental NGOs in standards-making is key to making sure our planet is protected by robust rules. We co-organised a workshop with our member GLOBAL 2000 to look into how to make this engagement possible in Austria and took a deep-dive into the field of reuse & refill.
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Printers have grown to become an archetype of today’s throwaway culture, in spite of over a decade of EU-endorsed industry commitments to make them more sustainable. If the European Commission is to stand by its promise to curb the built-in obsolescence of our everyday tech, it must fall out of love with manufacturers’ promises.
We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Programme Manager to join our Circular Economy team to lead our engagement in the development of policies and standards towards a decarbonised, sustainable and circular built environment and industry.
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On 9 November, CEN and CENELEC accepted the European Commission's Standardisation Request on sustainable batteries. It will set the technical specifications that underpin the legal requirements for battery performance, safety, and sustainability norms. A positive step all in all, but the work will not be finalised for years to come.
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ECOS and the Rethink Plastic alliance ask the EU Commission and its consultants to set limits to the use of the ‘mass balance’ method when measuring recycled content in plastic products.
The effective participation of environmental NGOs in standards-making is key to making sure our planet is protected by robust rules. Our upcoming online workshop co-organised with our member GLOBAL 2000 will look into how to make this engagement possible in Austria.
ECOS and Coolproducts experts analyse the state of EU policies targeting the environmental footprint of data centres, a sector with a growing impact on our planet.
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