What you need to know before drafting your waste prevention and Ecodesign Plan

The Waste prevention and Ecodesign Plan is a simple and powerful way to set out your ambitions in terms of ecodesign.

As this plan is compulsory, it is essential to consider all the aspects involved. It will help you to set out your goals, action, indicators, etc., it will provide guidance and allow you to structure your approach.

What is the Waste prevention and Ecodesign Plan ?

The Waste prevention and Eco-design Plan is a legal requirement set out in Article 72 of France’s AGEC anti-waste act. It concerns all producers, brands and retailers in the Clothing, Household linen and Footwear sector, and must be revised at least every five years.

For which purpose?

The Waste prevention and Ecodesign Plan formally sets out your goals and practical initiatives in the area of ecodesign for the next five years. Its purpose is to reduce the use of non-renewable resources, increase the use of raw recycled materials and improve the recyclability of your products in France.

In short: it's your roadmap for steering your ecodesign strategy and for reducing your environmental footprint. While also optimising your choice of materials for easier recycling.

Key figures from the latest campaign summary

The participation level was high for the first Waste prevention and Ecodesign Plan campaign. A total of 6,516 plans were received by 30 November 2023, representing 72% of eco-organization’s members, covering 84% of products placed on the market in 2022.

Why do you need it?

Writing your Waste prevention and Ecodesign Plan is much more than an obligation. It also means reaping the rewards!

Drafting a Waste prevention and Ecodesign Planis far more than a legal requirement. It will also benefit your business!

A Waste prevention and Ecodesign Plan is:

a way to actively embrace sustainable development across the company: from setting out the issues to defining your priorities and resources,
an analytical tool to help you use fewer non-renewable resources, increase the use of recycled materials and improve recyclability,
a starting point for measuring your progress and adjusting your resources to achieve your goals in five years or less,
a practical tool that you can share with your consumers, investors and business partners to highlight your commitments.

Ready to write your Waste Prevention and Ecodesign Plan?

Refashion simplifies the process of writing your Waste prevention and ecodesign plan by providing you with practical tools and a clear process:

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Log in to your Refashion member area

There are three possible scenarios:

You are Refashion compliant and submitted your last Waste prevention and ecodesign plan less than 5 years ago: if you wish, you can update your plan by accessing our new form, which has been designed to be simpler and clearer to use
You are in compliance with Refashion but have never submitted your Waste prevention and ecodesign plan, or have not done so for more than 5 years: you must update your plan by accessing our new form.
You are not in compliance with Refashion: you cannot access the new form to write your Waste prevention and ecodesign plan. You must first validate your membership before accessing this tool.

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Use the resources provided by Refashion to help you complete your PPEC:

The Step-by-step Guide: to help you get started with the new form
The Glossary: provides definitions for all the specific terms used in the Waste prevention and ecodesign plan form

Some questions are mandatory. They relate to the three mandatory areas required by Article 72 of the AGEC law: Reducing the use of non-renewable resources, Increasing the use of recycled materials, and Increasing the recyclability of products.

The non-mandatory questions are provided to help you complete your analysis by taking into account other topics that are essential to eco-design and the circular economy.

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Submit your plan

Once you have completed the form, all you have to do is validate your answers. An automatic email will be sent to you with a document containing all your answers and a certificate confirming that your plan has been successfully submitted.

For help submitting your Waste prevention and ecodesign plan, click here!

Refashion will then write a public summary containing all the data collected from all marketers, while maintaining complete confidentiality regarding individual strategies.

Check out the latest public summary of Waste prenvention and ecodesign plans produced by Refashion!