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The Ecodesign Directive as a driver for less microplasticfrom household laundry
Summary
This paper examined how the EU Ecodesign Directive could be used as a regulatory driver to reduce microplastic shedding from synthetic textiles during washing, proposing that design requirements be set for washing machines and textile products. Addressing microplastic release at the product design stage is one of the most promising upstream strategies for reducing fiber pollution in waterways.
Anthesis AB has been assigned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a socio-economic analysis of the introduction of ecodesign criteria to reduce microplastics from washing of textiles. The purpose of the socio-economic analysis carried out in this study is to start framing the problem with microplastics emissions from laundry from a socio-economic perspective. More specifically the study aims to provide a structure for analysing the performance of policy instruments concerning microplastics and to demonstrate the potential socio-economic impacts of implementing filter requirements.