Smartphones, clothes and furniture will have to become longer-lasting and easier to repair and recycle under new sustainability rules proposed by the European Union.
Over-consumption of everyday items and the resources to make them is heaping pressure on the environment and driving waste generation, which is set to soar by 70% globally by 2050.
Such rules currently apply to the energy performance of white goods - using an A to G label to help consumers choose less energy-intensive products. That helped save around 120 billion euros on energy bills in 2021, the Commission said, going some way to shield Europeans from soaring power prices. "The document leaves most of the key details to the delegated acts that the will work on in the coming years," Joan Marc Simon, executive director of Zero Waste Europe said, adding the proposal also had "great potential impact".
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