{"id":1411658,"date":"2022-03-30T22:45:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T02:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411658"},"modified":"2022-03-30T22:45:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T02:45:11","slug":"e-u-proposes-rules-to-make-products-sustainable-we-protect-ourselves-and-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/e-u-proposes-rules-to-make-products-sustainable-we-protect-ourselves-and-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"E.U. Proposes Rules to Make Products \u2018Sustainable\u2019: \u2018We Protect Ourselves and the Planet\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fe-u-proposes-rules-to-make-products-sustainable-we-protect-ourselves-and-the-planet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411658&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The effort to reset the global economy with climate change as a central pillar is targeting everyday consumer products in the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission is proposing rules to require everyday items like cell phones, clothing, and furniture to be longer-lasting and easier to repair or recycle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOver-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 percent globally by 2050,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/reduce-repair-recycle-eu-plans-circular-rules-everyday-items-2022-03-30\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Reuters report continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>High-impact products including textiles, furniture, tyres, paints and steel could be among those targeted first with product-specific rules, which the EU will now develop.<\/p>\n<p>The plans are likely to face lobbying from industries which make goods with short life-spans, while campaigners said the impact would depend on product-specific requirements.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn this way, we protect ourselves and our planet,\u201d E.U. environment policy chief Virginijus Sinkevicius said in the Reuters report. \u201cWe build up resilience in our supply chains and we save money.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20450423\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/wi\/afp\/30\/european-commission-it-fast-fashion-model-of-break-throw-afp.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women search for used clothes amid tons discarded in the Atacama desert, in Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chile, on September 26, 2021. The textile industry in Chile will be included in the law of Extended Responsibility of the Producer (REP), forcing clothes and textiles importers to take charge of the waste they generate. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe document leaves most of the key details to the delegated acts that the (Commission) will work on in the coming years,\u201d Joan Marc Simon, executive director of Zero Waste Europe said.<\/p>\n<p>Products would have an attached \u201cpassport\u201d to tell consumers about their \u201csustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Textiles are being targeted as \u201cfast fashion,\u201d which would make producers responsible for what happens to textiles at the end of their usefulness.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The effort to reset the global economy with climate change as a central pillar is targeting everyday consumer products in the European Union. 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