Descripción del proyecto
Un nuevo programa de pruebas examina la longevidad de los productos de consumo
El uso de recursos y la generación de residuos de aparatos eléctricos y electrónicos han aumentado con rapidez a lo largo de los años. Ampliar la vida útil de los dispositivos es una forma prometedora de mantener recursos valiosos dentro de la economía y reducir los residuos. El proyecto PROMPT, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende desarrollar un programa de pruebas de la obsolescencia prematura que respaldará la evaluación de la longevidad de los productos de consumo cuando estos se comercializan. Ayudará a ampliar la vida útil de los productos y contribuirá a la transición hacia una economía circular. El proyecto brindará a diseñadores y responsables políticos recomendaciones para mejorar la durabilidad de los productos, empoderar a los consumidores a fin de que tomen decisiones informadas y dar a conocer las condiciones de mercado.
Objetivo
Waste production and resource use is increasing for electric and electronic consumer products. At the same time many critical materials cannot be recovered in recycling processes. Therefore a promising strategy would be to lengthen the lifetimes of these products in order to get closer to a Circular Economy.
The project PROMPT is going to support the development of more durable and longer lasting products by lowering the asymmetry of information between consumer and manufacturer and thereby to allow consumers to make better choices. This is achieved by the development of an integral testing programme for electric and electronic consumer products that takes into account the main key issues of product failures and premature obsolescence:
• Product durability and reliability
• Adaptability, upgradability, and reparability
• User behaviour and market
PROMPT takes a multi-stakeholder approach by including different consumer, test, repair and research organisations in the consortium who will carry out the work. Consequently, results will be achieved that are viable for different stakeholders and independent from manufacturers. With the help of an Advisory Board, additional stakeholder input will be gathered. The board will consist of experts from industry, retail, design, environmental, science and consumer sectors.
A baseline of research will be established by collecting empirical data on technical issues, design shortcomings, market obstacles and replacement causes for premature obsolescence. These results will give input to the development of a range of specific testing methods addressing the three fields of issues outlined above. The results will be synthesized in an integral testing programme for premature obsolescence that will be validated and benchmarked through test cases. Results will be analysed and prepared to give validated input to standardisation, product design, consumer communication and policy recommendations.
Ámbito científico
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-SC5-2018-2
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
80686 Munchen
Alemania