Potential Ecodesign Requirements for Textiles and Furniture
Bjørn Bauer · David Watson · Anja Gylling · Arne Remmen · Michael Hauris Lysemose · Catharina Hohenthal · Anna-Karin Jönbrink
Jun 2018 · Nordic Council of Ministers
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A large part of the lifecycle environmental impacts of a product are determined at the design stage, why The EU Eco design Directive’s potential for application to non-energy related themes has come under the spotlight in recent years with Nordic countries at the forefront.
In this report potential eco design requirements that can be drawn up for non-energy-related products are in focus. Textiles are here used as an example, and a light application of the approach has subsequently been applied to the furniture sector. Clothing and home textiles were chosen due to significant wastage in the value chain due to fast fashion, dropping quality and relatively low repair and reuse rates.
The project was initiated and financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers and led by its Working Group for Sustainable Consumption and Production.
A separate Policy Brief (ANP2018:739) is also published.
A large part of the lifecycle environmental impacts of a product are determined at the design stage, why The EU Eco design Directive’s potential for application to non-energy related themes has come under the spotlight in recent years with Nordic countries at the forefront.
In this report poten...
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