This report is a valuable contribution to the LDE CfS theme on policy, materials and circular cities says Dr. David Peck - Valorisation Manager at the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability:
CfS is fully engaged in supporting sustainability policy development, both in Europe and across the wider World. As a tangible example of this David Peck (Valorisation Manager LDE CfS and Senior Research Fellow TU Delft faculty of Architecture and Built Environment: Circular Cities), has worked with the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, TNO, to write and publish a report for the European Union Directorate general for Internal Policies, Policy Department A: Economic and Scientific Policy.
This report provides an evaluation of the potential impact of a longer lifetime for products in Europe on the economy, on society and on the environment. It provides case studies of existing businesses, the (non-)legal context for an initiative on longer product lifetimes, and a wide range of policy options to optimize benefits to society A minimal increase of 1% of value added by economic activities related to a longer lifetime for products would have an aggregated effect of 7.9 billion EUR per year across the European economy. This document was prepared by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
This document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO).
AUTHORS Carlos Montalvo, TNO David Peck, Delft University of Technology Elmer Rietveld, TNO RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATORS Mariusz MACIEJEWSKI Frédéric GOUARDÈRES Dagmara STOERRING EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Karine GAUFILLET