Product policies on the environmental performance of washing machines: Investigating the synergies and coherence between policy instruments
Responsible organisation
2013 (English)Book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
This report constitutes part of the larger project Eco-design and Future Product Policy – Further research on Energyrelated Products. The objective was to investigate how nine policy instruments affect the development and environmental performance of household washing machines. The following policy instruments are investigated: 1. The Eco-design Directive2. The EU energy label Directive3. The WEEE Directive4. The RoHS Directive5. The REACH Regulation6. The EU Ecolabel Regulation7. The Nordic Swan8. Green Public Procurements (GPP)9. Voluntary Environmental Agreements (VA)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers , 2013. , p. 77
Series
TemaNord, ISSN 0908-6692 ; 2013:549
Keywords [en]
EU
Keywords [fi]
kestävä kehitys, elinkeinoelämä, EU, tutkimus, kemikaalit, ympäristö, innovointi, luovat alat, muotoilu
Keywords [da]
Bæredygtig udvikling, Erhvervsliv, EU, Forskning, Kemikalier, Miljø, Innovation, Kreative industrier, Design
Keywords [is]
Sjálfbær þróun, Atvinnulíf, Evrópusambandið, Rannsóknir, Efni, Umhverfi, Nýsköpun, Skapandi iðnaður, Hönnun
Keywords [no]
Bærekraftig utvikling, Næringsliv, EU, Forskning, Kjemikalier, Miljø, Innovasjon, Kreative industrier, Design
Research subject
Sustainable development; Business; Research; Chemicals; Environment; Innovation; Creative industries; Design
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-268DOI: 10.6027/TN2013-549ISBN: 978-92-893-2583-7 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:norden-268DiVA, id: diva2:700512
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