Integrated Product Policy

Integrated Product Policy Building on Environmental Life-Cycle Thinking (2003) European Communities, Report No. 302, Brussels, Belgium. 

Integrated product policy, 24 196 Integrated solid waste management... 

COM(2001)68 final, Green paper on integrated product policy, http //europa.eu.int/comm/ environment/ipp/200 ldevelopments.htm (25 August 2004). 

Pollution from diffuse sources can be effectively tackled by taxing polluting products and wastes [216, 245]. Examples of chemical taxes include chlorinated solvents in Denmark and Norway [246] and phthalates in articles on the Danish market [269]. The European Environment Agency [245] and the EIK Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution (RCEP) [180] suggest developing new tax bases for hazardous chemicals. The European Commission s Integrated Product Policy also proposes taxation to promote environmentally sound practices through supply chains [247]. 

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Integrated Product Policy Building on Life-Cycle Thinking, COM(2003) 302 final, CEC,... 

The Marrakech process is a global process to support regional and national initiatives to promote the shift towards Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) patterns. In the European Union, the Marrakech process is leading the development of an EU SCP Action Plan that entails amongst other things the Integrated Product Policy (IPP) and Green Public Procurement (GPP). 

The two key pillars in the context of SCP Action Plan in Europe are the Green Public Procurement (GPP) and the Integrated Product Policy (IPP). One of the main pillars of European SCP Policy is GPP, which means that public purchasers take account of environmental factors when buying products or services. ... 

Another key pillar is the Integrated Product Policy (IPP). IPP aims to reduce the environmental impact of products. Relevant initiatives include pilot projects, the creation of an EU Platform on life cycle assessment (EGA), and product prioritization. 

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It is inevitable that products have an impact on the environment and consumer at all stages of the products life cycle, e.g., raw material production, manufacturing of products, use, recycling and disposal. The Integrated Product Policy (IPP) seeks to minimize this impact. 

Process design the CER describes the role played by ESH in Clariant s Integrated Product Policy . Environmental protection aspects of new products and packaging are discussed, as is the use of chemical productivity indicators to assess environmental efficiency. By way of example, the development of a chromic acid aqueous oxidation is described and savings on energy and sulphuric acid are quoted. 

The EU is committed to introducing an Integrated Product Policy (IPP [14]) which aims to promote sustainable development by reducing the negative environmental impacts of products throughout their lifecycle from cradle to grave . 

By contrast, the 2 Integrated Product Policy (IPP) Conference in early 2001 explicitly acknowledged the hurdles barring the way to sustainable development and justified the exclusively green focus of the proposed policy initiative on the grounds of political pragmatism. It set 3 key pre-conditions of success for IPP ... 

The law also emphasises integrated product policies and the economical consumption of resources as well as the highest possible use of recycled materials. The latter may result from both production-based and purchased waste. 

As an example, life cycle thinking and assessment stand at the heart of a growing number of policies and instruments in areas such as Integrated Product Policy, the Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy Action Plan, Green Public Procurement, and the European Union (EU) Ecolabel and Ecodesign [3]. 

Hofstetter, P., and G. Norris. 2003. Why and how should we assess occupational health impacts in integrated product policy Environmental Science and Technology 37(10) 2025-2035. 

Kronenberg, Jakub, Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology A Case Study of the Integrated Product Policy of the European Union, Routledge, New York, 2007. 

Given the concerns raised by Extended Producer Responsibility, a public policy initiate was set up which encompassed the entire supply chain (including the consumer and supported at government level) to promote good environmental practice throughout the life cycle of the goods or service. This policy was termed an Integrated Product Policy (IPP). 

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