Regulating responsible digital technology
The four instruments of environmental policy and the texts that affect digital technology: planned obsolescence, the AGEC law, the REEN law, the eco-design framework, the WEEE and RoHS directives, the common charger.
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AGEC law (2020): what is it?
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The law of 10 February 2020 on fighting waste and on the circular economy: repairability index, ban on destroying unsold non-food goods, information on spare parts.
It binds manufacturers and sellers, not consumers. It relies on information and on rules to make products last.
Under the REEN law, which obligation applies to a town of 60,000 inhabitants?
- Define a responsible digital strategy
- Display a repairability index on its computers
- Buy emission allowances for its fleet
- Take back residents' appliances for free
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Define a responsible digital strategy
The index belongs to the AGEC law and falls on manufacturers; take-back belongs to the WEEE directive and falls on sellers. The REEN law requires this strategy of authorities of over 50,000 inhabitants.
The four instruments are the …, the … (or levy), the … and ….
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The four instruments are the standard, the tax (or levy), the allowance market and information.
The first two act through constraint or price; the market fixes a quantity of emissions; information relies on the consumer's informed choice.
REEN law (2021): what is it?
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The law of 15 November 2021 to reduce the environmental footprint of digital technology in France: making devices last, encouraging restrained use, and less power-hungry data centres and networks.
It requires, for example, a responsible digital strategy from towns of more than 50,000 inhabitants. It is the first French law devoted to the environmental footprint of digital technology.
What does the RoHS directive cover?
- End of life: taking back used appliances
- Composition: limiting certain hazardous substances
- Information: scoring repairability
- Services: eco-designing a website
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Composition: limiting certain hazardous substances
RoHS acts upstream, on the composition of new appliances. Take-back is the WEEE directive's subject, the repairability score belongs to the AGEC law, and service eco-design to the general framework.