by stefanie | Mar 1, 2024 | Around the Industry
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appeared before the Colorado General Assembly’s Committee on Business Affairs and Labour in support of proposed legislation that would expand the state’s right-to-repair laws to digital electronic equipment and would address a...
by stefanie | Sep 26, 2023 | Around the Industry
ETIRA announced its support for the recent agreement in principle reached by the European Parliament and Council to ban misleading advertisements and enhance consumer product information. These new rules were suggested by the EU Commission last year, and required...
by stefanie | Sep 21, 2023 | World Focus
The EU Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on new rules to ban misleading advertisements and provide consumers with better product information. The agreement updates the existing EU list of banned commercial practices and adds to it several...
by stefanie | Sep 6, 2023 | World Focus
The European Commission takes a major step to lower the environmental impact of smartphones and tablets. The new rules will decrease costs for consumers, mitigate carbon emissions and reduce the use of raw materials used in these devices. From June 2025, in line with...
by stefanie | Jun 22, 2023 | World Focus
New rules to make products last longer and be easier to repair, upgrade, recycle and a ban on the destruction of unsold textiles and electronic appliances and will prioritise ecodesign requirements for e.g. steel, textiles, furniture, tyres, chemicals. Recently, the...
