Tag: consumer products
Ecodesign: A more sustainable EU single market is coming
Ecodesign, an EU success story, is expanding. More products than ever will soon be designed from the outset with sustainability in mind - a development that will be good for the environment and consumers. But how? And when? The Ecodesigned4LIFE...
Improving safety checks for some, but not all, consumer products flies in the face of reason
When we purchase new toys, clothes or electronics, we expect these to be safe. This is where ‘market surveillance’ comes into play: our authorities making sure products conform to our laws through controls and inspections. And as we are in...
Energy Label – a compass that needs calibration
At a time when the EU is supposed to deal only with the ‘big’ things, I‘d like to talk about a small sticker. A sticker which has a significant impact though, both for consumers’ pockets and the climate. You find...