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Philipp Montenegro

Philipp Salvador Fernandez-Montenegro von Schack

Doctoral student

Philipp Montenegro

Drivers and Barriers for “Circular” Consumer Electronics in the European Union

Author

  • Carl Dalhammar
  • Jessika Luth Richter
  • Philipp Salvador Fernandez-Montenegro von Schack

Summary, in English

The European Union (EU) and the EU member states have adopted a number of policies that can support circular economy developments in the electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) sector, and additional policies have been proposed. The policies include the new Ecodesign Regulation and a new Battery Regulation, and forthcoming rules related to durability and repairability of mobile phones and tablets. This paper, based on an interview study and analysis of the policies, examines what kind of changes the new policies may have on design of EE, and whether practitioners believe the policies will change consumer behavior. Some policies – most notably the Ecodesign Directive, the new Ecodesign Regulation, Energy Labeling, and the Battery Regulation – are expected to have an impact on future design of EEE. Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are considered to have a high potential to support newdevelopments. Mandating that product warranties are shown clearly at the time of purchase also has potential to change manufacturers’ product offerings. There were diverging views on how much behavioral changes we can expect from consumers. Interviewed practitioners expect that consumers are likely to react to information about durability/lifetime for expensive products but are not likely to respond to repairability information for cheaper products.

Department/s

  • Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC)
  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2024

Language

English

Publication/Series

Electronics Goes Green 2024+ Conference Proceedings

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Topic

  • Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Conference name

Electronics Goes Green 2024

Conference date

2024-06-18 - 2024-06-20

Conference place

Berlin, Germany

Status

Published

Project

  • Mapping out and overcoming barriers for circular products: the policy context for corporations that want to “go circular”