Monitoring Progress towards a Resource-Efficient and Circular Economy
OECD’s report offers a framework and indicators to monitor progress towards a circular economy, focusing on material footprint, circularity rates, and product lifetime metrics.
Sustainable production and consumption: Design for disassembly as a circular economy tool
UNEP’s brief on Design for Disassembly emphasizes modularity and standardized connectors to enhance repairability and recyclability, supporting circular economy goals.
Material Efficiency – Focus on the Design
CEN-CENELEC’s material-efficiency standards and guidance support ecodesign: durability, repairability, recyclability metrics, and technical reporting formats.
Circular design: turning ambition into action
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s article underscores the role of design in the circular economy, promoting upstream strategies to eliminate waste, retain value, and regenerate systems.
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
EU regulation enforcing product design for longevity, repairability, recyclability, and transparency (Digital Product Passport) to promote sustainability and circularity.
European commission
The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) mandates that products sold in the EU be designed for longevity, repairability, recyclability, and transparency. It introduces requirements like the Digital Product Passport and establishes performance criteria such as durability and resource efficiency. The regulation aims to foster a circular economy and reduce environmental impacts across product lifecycles.
European Environmental Agency
The European Environmental Agency’s operative core lies in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating environmental data to support EU policy-making and public awareness.
