P. Hąbek
Integrated Product Policy as an Approach Supporting Sustainable Patterns of Production and Consumption
Abstract: The article presents an integrated approach to the product environmental impact at all stages of its life cycle, implemented within the European Union policy to promote sustainable patterns of production and consumption. In the first part of the article the author points out the need to separate the interdependence between economic growth and increase of resource consumption and negative environmental impact. Further on, the integrated product policy is discussed with the regard to its genesis, principles and instruments of implementation.
Key words: decoupling, product life cycle, European Union policy
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