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European Union Policy Developments Related to Ecodesign, Green Claims, and Eco-labeling : Implications for Voluntary Circular Labeling Initiatives

Vikingsson, Karolina ; Dalhammar, Carl LU and Milios, Leonidas LU (2025) p.245-259
Abstract

The European Union (EU) has recently presented several new legal proposals for promoting ecodesign and product labeling. The aim is to harmonize national practices and rules in the EU, to regulate issues like product lifetime and repairability in a more comprehensive way, to introduce new tools like digital product passports, and to introduce labeling schemes for repairability and durability. In parallel, the EU has proposed rules to regulate green claims and ecolabeling schemes to effectively address greenwashing. In this paper, we outline these rules, and discuss the challenges emerging for new eco-labeling schemes. We further discuss the challenges for a proposed new scheme for circular products: Certified to LAST.

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Ecodesign regulation, Product labeling, Product lifetime, Product regulation
host publication
EcoDesign for Circular Value Creation : Volume I - Volume I
pages
15 pages
publisher
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
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  • scopus:105022317006
ISBN
9789819790685
9789819790678
DOI
10.1007/978-981-97-9068-5_16
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English
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  author       = {{Vikingsson, Karolina and Dalhammar, Carl and Milios, Leonidas}},
  booktitle    = {{EcoDesign for Circular Value Creation : Volume I}},
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  keywords     = {{Ecodesign regulation; Product labeling; Product lifetime; Product regulation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  pages        = {{245--259}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}},
  title        = {{European Union Policy Developments Related to Ecodesign, Green Claims, and Eco-labeling : Implications for Voluntary Circular Labeling Initiatives}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-9068-5_16}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-981-97-9068-5_16}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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