Eco-design : European state of the art - Part I: comparative analysis and conclusions./ Arnold Tukker, Erick Haag and Peter Eder.
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Prepared for the European Commission - Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Seville.
PUBLISHER'S ABSTRACT: "The state of art of eco-design in the 15 Member States as well as in trans-national companies is analysed in the context of a European Integrated Product Policy. It turns out that eco-design is well implemented in some of the big international companies (e.g. Phillips, Sony) and that R&D on eco-design methods and tools is quite well-covered by public and private research. Actual environmental product design in SMEs, however, is lagging behind. In a few front-runner countries eco-design programmes have been available some 10 years now. On the other extreme, in some EU Member States hardly any activity takes place regarding eco-design. On the basis of this analysis, measures to stimulate eco-design are identified, i.e.., identify priority product groups and set supporting activities concerning eco-design, create or support networks for eco-design, create incentives for eco-design through product-related instruments like eco-lables and others, stimulate tool transfer from front-runner countries."