The present applies and tests the developed methods for the assessment of some resource efficiency parameters (reusability/recyclability/recoverability-RRR, use of relevant resources, recycled content, use of hazardous substances, durability) on some representative and relevant case studies:...

The present report aims at: 1) identifying key issues concerning the durability of products; 2) analysing methods and standards for the assessment of durability; 3) identifying potential product's policy criteria for durability. The report is subdivided in 3 Chapters: Chapter 1 analyses...

The present report refines the methods for the assessment of the following parameters: reusability/recyclability/recoverability- RRR, use of relevant resources, recycled content, use of hazardous substances, durability. These methods are derived from those developed during the first phase of the...

The present report has been developed to support the European Commission in the integration in the European product policies of measures for the improvement of resource efficiency of products. In particular, the report analyses potential requirements for dishwashers (DW) that can be implemented...

This study is part of the 'Environmental Footprint and Material Efficiency Support for product policy' project funded by DG Environment (AA 070307/2012/ENV.C1/635340). In June 2013, the preparatory study of enterprise servers was launched with the objective of identifying ways to improve their...

The present report has been developed to support the European Commission in the integration in the European product policies of measures for the improvement of resource efficiency of products. In particular, the report analyses potential requirements for dishwashers (DW) that can be implemented...

This report is a background document used by several European Commission services to prepare the EC report on critical raw materials and the circular economy, a commitment of the European Commission made in its Communication 'EU action plan for the Circular Economy'. It represents a JRC...

Executive summary This report has been developed within the project "Technical support for Environmental Footprinting, material efficiency in product policy and the European Platform on LCA" (2013-2016) funded by the Directorate-General for Environment. It aims to develop a standardisable method...

The present report intends to provide scientific evidence of the feasibility of defining extraction times for the dismantling of EEE and how the measurement method should be structured. The development of a standardised method for measuring the extraction time of a product's target parts should...