Description du projet
Un nouveau programme de test pour examiner la longévité des produits de consommation
L’utilisation des ressources et la production de déchets issus des équipements électriques et électroniques ont augmenté rapidement au fil des années. Prolonger la durée de vie utile des dispositifs permet de garder des ressources précieuses dans l’économie et de réduire les déchets. Le projet PROMPT, financé par l’UE, vise à élaborer un programme de test indépendant pour l’obsolescence prématurée qui facilitera l’évaluation de la longévité des produits de consommation lors de leur mise sur le marché. Il permettra de prolonger la durée de vie utile des produits et contribuera à la transition vers une économie circulaire. Le projet fournira des recommandations aux concepteurs et aux décideurs politiques sur l’amélioration de la durabilité des produits, aidera les consommateurs à faire des choix éclairés et sensibilisera les esprits aux conditions du marché.
Objectif
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.
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