Product policies on the environmental performance of washing machines: Investigating the synergies and coherence between policy instruments

This report constitutes part of the larger project Eco-design and Future Product Policy – Further research on Energyrelated Products. The objective was to investigate how nine policy instruments affect the development and environmental performance of household washing machines. The following policy instruments are investigated:

1. The Eco-design Directive
2. The EU energy label Directive
3. The WEEE Directive
4. The RoHS Directive
5. The REACH Regulation
6. The EU Ecolabel Regulation
7. The Nordic Swan
8. Green Public Procurements (GPP)
9. Voluntary Environmental Agreements (VA)