ECOS Programme Manager Mathilde Crêpy presented standardisation gaps and needs for bio-based products at the European Bioplastics conference, the leading business forum for the bioplastics industry, which was held in Berlin on 4-5 December. She provided an overview of the criteria would be needed for a comprehensive sustainability standard for bio-based products. In particular she […]

ECOS has launched a stakeholder consultation with the aim to collect cases of circumvention of products under the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling policies as part of the EU funded H2020 ANTICSS project. We are reaching out to consumer associations, environmental NGOs and testing labs to collect information on their experience with suspect behaviour of products. […]

 “We believe it is high time for European leaders to rise up to the challenge of climate action. We need Europe to transition to a sustainable society and economy as soon as possible.” This is the message from a unique gathering of businesses, investor groups, local and regional authorities, trade unions and civil society groups, […]

INTAS – market surveillance for ecodesign Over the span of 3 years, the H2020 INTAS project investigated how to improve market surveillance under ecodesign of industrial products, with a special focus on power transformers and industrial fans. On 12 February, ECOS organised the project’s final conference, which gathered over 70 participants. The INTAS partners presented […]

Vehicle tyres are not only made of rubber. They are a complex blend of many materials and chemicals, including different types of plastic [1]. Kilometre after kilometre, tyres gradually shed tiny bits of material when they interact with the road surface, leading to fine particle emission into the air, but also microplastics pollution of surface […]

ECOS has recently expressed its support for the new FprEN 17166 standard for fans, by submitting a favourable Opinion during the standard’s Formal Vote in March 2019. The result of the vote was positive and standard can now proceed to publication. The proposed standard includes positive provisions regarding the use of verification tolerances and anti-circumvention […]

ECOS member Legambiente are partners in the H2020 EMBRACED Project, focusing on improving the recovery of AHP – absorbent hygiene products. Legambiente are now collecting information with a view to improve the relevant legislative processes. In order to better understand the legislative obstacles currently in place, they have launched a survey on the current situation […]

On 13 March, the European Commission decided to label palm oil based biofuels as “high ILUC risk”, that is, causing significant displacement of agricultural production onto forests and peatlands. With this decision, the Commission underlined the magnitude of the adverse indirect effects of palm oil in biofuels, such as biodiversity loss and increased GHG emissions. […]

Three years after the adoption of the Circular Economy Action Plan, the European Commission has released a report assessing the results achieved so far. ECOS recognises the progress made in several areas, but we also believe that many measures are delayed, inadequate or lacking, or far from being completed. Although a number of milestones have […]