Preventing Environmental Damage from Products -

Preventing Environmental Damage from Products

An Analysis of the Policy and Regulatory Framework in Europe
Buch | Hardcover
380 Seiten
2018
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-42244-4 (ISBN)
138,40 inkl. MwSt
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.
How to tackle environmental damage from the throwaway society is one of the defining questions of the twenty-first century. By establishing a circular economy, we can encourage and support sustainable production and consumption. These essays by an international group of leading scholars from a range of disciplines analyse policies and legal instruments and challenge mainstream assumptions, from the choice of a policy mix to the actual effect of imposing standards on the market, and from corporate objectives and priorities to the use of precaution in assessing particularly harmful substances. Each chapter contributes to a better understanding of the current policy and regulatory framework in Europe and identifies the challenges and opportunities ahead. The book breaks new ground by examining how product policies can contribute to important objectives and visions, such as the aims of the circular economy. It is a must-read for researchers as well as for policymakers and practitioners.

Eléonore Maitre-Ekern is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Public and International Law at the Universitetet i Oslo, Norway. Carl Dalhammar is Associate Professor in the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lunds Universitet, Sweden. Hans Christian Bugge is Professor emeritus in Environmental Law in the Department of Public and International Law at the Universitetet i Oslo, Norway.

1. Developing legislation to prevent environmental damage from products: Herculean but necessary task Hans Christian Bugge, Carl Dalhammar and Eléonore Maitre-Ekern; Part I. Structural Issues Associated with Regulating the Life-Cycle of Products: 2. Exploring the spaceship Earth: a circular economy for products Eléonore Maitre-Ekern; 3. Principles for the design of a policy framework to address product life-cycle impacts Michael Faure and Carl Dalhammar; 4. The harm of products and the need of information on inputs, production, use, and disposal Erling Eide; 5. Redefining agency theory to internalize environmental product externalities. A tentative proposal based on life-cycle thinking Beate Sjåfjell; 6. Environmental measures as an obstacle to free movement of goods in the internal market Nicolas de Sadeleer; Part II. Challenges Related to the Application of European Product Law: 7. Dieselgate and the protection of the environment by public authorities Ludwig Krämer; 8. Energy efficiency regulations, market and behavioural failures, and standardization Carl Dalhammar, Jessika Luth Richter and Erika Machacek; 9. Regulating recyclability under the Ecodesign Directive: how can we achieve synergies between waste and product policies for electric and electronic equipment in order to promote recycling? Sahra Svensson and Carl Dalhammar; 10. Material recycling without hazardous substances – interplay of two policy streams and impacts on industry Naoko Tojo and Åke Thidell; 11. Complexities and conflicts in controlling dangerous chemicals: the case of regulating endocrine disruptors in EU law Nertila Kuraj; 12. Long-term market effects of green public procurement Charlotte Leire and Carl Dalhammar; Part III. Conclusion by the Editors: 13. Present and future challenges for Europe's environmental product policy Eléonore Maitre-Ekern, Hans Christian Bugge and Carl Dalhammar.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises; 16 Tables, black and white; 11 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 235 mm
Gewicht 650 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10 1-108-42244-6 / 1108422446
ISBN-13 978-1-108-42244-4 / 9781108422444
Zustand Neuware
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