In 2019, ECOS not only delivered on its objectives, but also continued to grow.Thanks to a committed team, members, external experts, and support from funders, we were able to expand our work to new policy areas and campaigns.
The much awaited standard EN 45554 for the assessment of repairability, reusability and upgradeability (RRU) of ecodesign products has finally been published. A major step towards better design and waste reduction, its methodology identifies criteria to determine how easy it is to repair, reuse or upgrade products ranging from household appliances to consumer electronics.
The upcoming webinar is your chance to find out more about the EU project dedicated to risk governance of engineered nanomaterials.
The Right to Repair campaign has been gaining momentum ever since its launch in September. The campaign co-led by ECOS has started the year with a series of actions to make smartphones and other ICT devices more repairable.
Our new report shows that the EU ecodesign and energy labelling regulatory instruments have a great potential to contribute to the reversal of the current throwaway culture, double laptop lifetimes, and save some 5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2030 – equivalent to taking nearly 3 million cars off the road.
Currently, project partners are immersed in the work package focusing on the assessment of circumvention impacts in laboratory testing. The aim is to analyse and demonstrate the risks of circumvention, and to assess its impacts by means of laboratory testing.
Our Programme Manager Mélissa Zill brought the NGO perspective to a debate at the TEN Section of the European Economic and Social Committee on Wednesday 5 February.
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