EU EcoDesign priorities
European Commission publishes EU Ecodesign Regulation 5-year working plan. Priority product category priorities (for new criteria development) are textiles, furniture, tyres, mattresses, iron-steel, aluminium, as well as information technology products and various household electrical equipment for which Ecodesign criteria are already set. Chemicals as a product category are considered too complex. Key aspects to address are product lifetime, repairability, recycling, resource consumption, climate impacts. Fire safety and chemicals used in product materials are not mentioned.
European Commission Communication “Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2025-2030” COM(2025)187, 16th April 2025 https://environment.ec.europa.eu/document/download/5f7ff5e2-ebe9-4bd4-a139-db881bd6398f_en
