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Preventing Environmental Damage from Products : An Analysis of the Policy and Regulatory Framework in Europe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (386 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781108527453
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 344.2404/6
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Contents:
Cover -- Reviews -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Developing Legislation to Prevent Environmental Damage from Products: A Herculean but Necessary Task -- Part I Structural Issues Associated with Regulating the Life Cycle of Products -- 2 Exploring the Spaceship Earth: A Circular Economy for Products -- 3 Principles for the Design of a Policy Framework to Address Product Life Cycle Impacts -- 4 The Harm of Products and the Need of Information on Inputs, Production, Use and Disposal -- 5 Redefining Agency Theory to Internalize Environmental Product Externalities: A Tentative Proposal Based on Life Cycle Thinking -- 6 Environmental Measures as an Obstacle to Free Movement of Goods in the Internal Market -- Part II Challenges Related to the Application of European Product Law -- 7 Dieselgate and the Protection of the Environment by Public Authorities -- 8 Energy Efficiency Regulations, Market and Behavioural Failures and Standardization -- 9 Regulating Recyclability under the Ecodesign Directive: How Can We Achieve Synergies between Waste and Product Policies for Electric and Electronic Equipment to Promote Recycling? -- 10 Material Recycling without Hazardous Substances: Interplay of two Policy Streams and Impacts on Industry -- 11 Complexities and Conflicts in Controlling Dangerous Chemicals: The Case of Regulating Endocrine Disruptors in EU Law -- 12 Long-Term Market Effects of Green Public Procurement -- Part III Conclusion by the Editors -- 13 Present and Future Challenges for Europe's Environmental Product Policy -- Index.
Summary: A growing number of EU regulations focuses on the life cycle impacts of products; as well as waste and pollution, they are now addressing new types of issues such as product durability and life span. This volume discusses the best legal and regulatory practices to encourage a sustainable society.
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Cover -- Reviews -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Developing Legislation to Prevent Environmental Damage from Products: A Herculean but Necessary Task -- Part I Structural Issues Associated with Regulating the Life Cycle of Products -- 2 Exploring the Spaceship Earth: A Circular Economy for Products -- 3 Principles for the Design of a Policy Framework to Address Product Life Cycle Impacts -- 4 The Harm of Products and the Need of Information on Inputs, Production, Use and Disposal -- 5 Redefining Agency Theory to Internalize Environmental Product Externalities: A Tentative Proposal Based on Life Cycle Thinking -- 6 Environmental Measures as an Obstacle to Free Movement of Goods in the Internal Market -- Part II Challenges Related to the Application of European Product Law -- 7 Dieselgate and the Protection of the Environment by Public Authorities -- 8 Energy Efficiency Regulations, Market and Behavioural Failures and Standardization -- 9 Regulating Recyclability under the Ecodesign Directive: How Can We Achieve Synergies between Waste and Product Policies for Electric and Electronic Equipment to Promote Recycling? -- 10 Material Recycling without Hazardous Substances: Interplay of two Policy Streams and Impacts on Industry -- 11 Complexities and Conflicts in Controlling Dangerous Chemicals: The Case of Regulating Endocrine Disruptors in EU Law -- 12 Long-Term Market Effects of Green Public Procurement -- Part III Conclusion by the Editors -- 13 Present and Future Challenges for Europe's Environmental Product Policy -- Index.

A growing number of EU regulations focuses on the life cycle impacts of products; as well as waste and pollution, they are now addressing new types of issues such as product durability and life span. This volume discusses the best legal and regulatory practices to encourage a sustainable society.

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