Circular Design & Ecodesign

🌱 How do products impact the environment? The mass consumption of products is considered “a major cause of climate change and pollution”. Products can, however, be produced in more sustainable ways. According to the European Commission, a product could be considered more sustainable if it, for exam

🌱 What does the regulation entail? The Ecodesign Regulation aims to “improve EU products’ circularity, energy performance and other environmental sustainability aspects”. On 16 June 2023, the European Parliament and Council approved revisions to the regulation that will make “devices more energy ef

🌱 What is the EU’s aim? As the previous voluntary approach did not have the effect the EU had hoped for, the Commission created new legislation on chargers last year. The resulting law, which was published in the EU’s Official Journal on 7 December 2022, mandates the use of a “common charger” for a