Less than 10% of critical raw materials, like rare earth elements, are recycled in our economy. That is why ECOS has joined the consortium of a new H2020 project called CEWASTE which aims to stimulate sustainable recycling and treatment of e-waste and particularly the recovery of critical raw materials from products like electrical/electronic equipment, solar […]

On 28 November, days before the beginning of COP24 climate negotiations in Katowice, the European Commission adopted a strategic long-term vision for a climate neutral economy by 2050 – also known as “A Clean Planet for all”. The strategy shows how Europe can lead the way to climate neutrality by investing into realistic technological solutions, […]

On the occasion of a workshop on product durability, ECOS member organisation HOP, Halte à l’Obsolescence Programmée, released a report showing the many reasons for businesses to make products designed to last longer. You can read the full report here [in French only]. ECOS Director Laura Degallaix participated in a panel discussion aimed to review […]

On 21 November, ECOS Programme Manager Rita Tedesco presented the Life FRONT project at the natural refrigerants conference ATMOSphere 2018 in Italy, informing participants how they can contribute to the revision of standards for hydrocarbons. She also presented theproject’s preliminary results to the standardisation working group (WG), created in response to the EC Standardisation Request on F-gases. The F-Gas […]

ECOS is looking for experts in the field of batteries to represent environmental interests in the development of several EU policies and standards initiatives in the framework of the EU’s Strategic Action Plan on Batteries. Experts will provide technical and scientific input into discussions, in accordance with the related policy context and ECOS strategy. The […]

Resource efficiency requirements have already been incorporated and/or will soon be integrated in a number of Ecodesign product-specific regulations. Consequently, ECOS would like to demonstrate that market surveillance of such requirements is as feasible as that of energy efficiency requirements and that suggestions to delay the introduction of resource efficiency requirements due to a perceived […]

Today, on 15 November, the European Parliament will vote on the recast of the Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which aims at the global elimination of POPs, the world’s worst chemicals. ECOS, together with 21 other civil society organisations, calls on MEPs to protect human health and the environment by opposing changes to weaken the […]

European standard prEN45554, expected to provide a general methodology for the assessment of the ability to repair, reuse and upgrade energy-related products, is currently under public enquiry. It is key for civil society organisations to express their views on the draft before it goes to the second drafting phase before final vote and publication. This […]