The first EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling rules for mobile phones and tablets will make electronic products longer-lasting and more repairable. This landmark decision heralds a new era of sustainability for electronic products.
In a landmark decision that will help to shape the products we consume for many years, the European Parliament has chosen to accelerate the development of sustainable products in Europe. Extending ecodesign principles is a must – for producers, consumers, and the environment. We hope to see the Parliament’s ambition carried over into the final text of the ESPR (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation).
From the bottom of your drawers to the mountains of e-waste pilling up around the world, evidence of the ephemeral lifecycle of our ICT and electronic products is everywhere. ECOS and its partners are fighting for EU legislation and international standards to end this disaster through rules applying to the design of these products, from your smartphone to your printer. We count some successes, but there is a long way to go before the world’s e-waste is reduced.
Read our joint letter to Commissioners Frans Timmermans, Kadri Simson, Thierry Breton, and Virginijus Sinkevičius. ECOS, alongside 30+ other organisations, calls for horizontal ecodesign requirements to improve the material efficiency of electronic products - a product by product approach is too slow.
Meant to prevent greenwashing by giving consumers reliable environmental information on products, the proposal falls short of its original ambition and fails to offer a robust, harmonised methodology for calculating environmental impacts.
On Thursday 17 November, national experts will meet in Brussels to rubberstamp new ecodesign rules for smartphones and tablets.
To mark World Standards Day 2022, we have gathered examples of how standards are essential to making change happen in areas of major importance to our transition to an environmentally sustainable world.
Small electrical devices are the focus of this year’s International E-Waste Day, taking place today, on 14 October. It is a perfect day to celebrate that the EU will soon develop a regulation for printers – a product at the origin of countless headaches. The lack of rules results in thousands of tonnes of printers and cartridges turning into waste too early every year.
On 30 March, the European Commission published its much-awaited Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2022-2024, which sets out the priorities for the implementation of this EU policy. The plan includes bright prospects for new rules that will drive further energy savings, and stresses the need to make up for the delays in the development of regulations for several products.
38 European organisations call for the right to install any software on any device. This is essential to realise the Right to Repair and extend the lifetime of our devices.
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