Carl Dalhammar
Professor
Ecodesign and the Circular Economy: Conflicting Policies in Europe
Author
Summary, in English
The number of policies that address the various life cycle environmental impacts of products are increasing, especially in Europe. With the rise of the Circular Economy (CE) concept, the traditional product policies have been supported by new ones that pursue new policy objectives such as increasing product lifetimes and encourage more repairs. In this contribution we discuss principles for improving synergies and reduce conflicts among different product policies. We then outline some of the recent conflicts between policies that have emerged in the context of the CE. We conclude that often the conflicts can be mitigated, or that it is possible to reach a compromise. However, we need to accept that in many cases there is no solution that will satisfy all involved stakeholders.
Department/s
- Environmental Law
- Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC)
- The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Publishing year
2020
Language
English
Pages
187-198
Publication/Series
EcoDesign and Sustainability: Products, Services, and Business Models
Volume
1
Document type
Paper in conference proceeding
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Environmental Management
- Law
Keywords
- circular economy
- ecodesign
- product policy
- policy mix
- SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Status
Published
Project
- Creating a repair society to advance the Circular Economy – policies, networks and people
- Circular Economy: capturing value in waste through extended producer responsibility policies
Research group
- Environmental Law
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-981-15-6778-0
- ISBN: 978-981-15-6779-7