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EU parliament committee agrees 'ecodesign' standards for products

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The European Commission has been tasked with identifying products for which a destruction ban should be introduced (Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

As part of its planned circular economy package, the environment committee says goods must be easy to repair and backs a ban on the destruction of unsold products.

The European parliament’s environment committee has agreed proposals to make products in the EU more environmentally friendly, circular and energy efficient, during ...

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