Product-as-a-Service as an essential enabler for circular economy in the EU
The Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) model offers potential to accelerate the EU’s transition to a circular economy (CE). Scientific assessment of a PaaS is essential, because not all PaaS offerings and features may contribute to a CE.
The assessment of an example of PaaS offering for home appliances in the EU market shows positive contributions to the efficient use of critical raw materials (CRMs).
Business leaders in the EU are recommended to investigate the potential of PaaS with inherent complexity of a PaaS in mind, including resource efficiency and sustainability potentials.
EU policymakers are recommended to investigate possible policies for facilitating PaaS offerings of higher resource efficiency on the EU market, also for critical raw materials, for instance through providing fair assessment and labelling schemes to end users.
OREFICE Martina;
SAKAO Tomohiko;
MATHIEUX Fabrice;
2025-11-14
European Commission
JRC143813
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC143813,
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