Sustainable design, production, consumption and technology

The election manifesto explicitly wants to see products that last and can easily be reused and shared instead of throwaway culture, and that reuse and recycling increase. Demands on product design, longer lifespan and the right to repair are precisely the tools that make this real. The plan also states that consumption must be directed away from what is dirty when technology shifts do not suffice, which requires mandatory rules rather than voluntariness.

• products that lastdecisive»produkter som håller och lätt kan återanvändas och delas istället för slit- och släng« (2022 manifesto ↗)“products that last and can easily be reused and shared instead of throwaway culture”
• increased reuse»Återanvändning och återvinning av material behöver öka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reuse and recycling of materials need to increase.”
• steering consumption»Där inte teknikskiften räcker för att minska utsläppen måste konsumtionen styras bort från det smutsiga och alla ges förutsättningar att leva mer hållbart.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Where technology shifts are not enough to reduce emissions, consumption must be directed away from what is dirty and all are given the conditions to live more sustainably.”
• strong legislation as tool»Därför behövs en kraftfull lagstiftning, ekonomiska styrmedel« (party programme ↗)“Therefore strong legislation, economic policy instruments”

The programme requires that all environmental impact in the form of emissions and waste be minimized, that natural resources be used more efficiently, and that the consumer perspective take precedence over producer interest. Requirements for product design, lifespan and the right to repair follow from these commitments, because deliberately short lifespan is the opposite of resource efficiency. The programme also maintains that member states shall be able to go ahead on environmental matters, which supports the requirement for stricter rules.

• minimized waste of resourcesdecisive»miljöpåverkan i form av utsläpp och avfallsprodukter ska minimeras.« (party programme ↗)“environmental impact in the form of emissions and waste products shall be minimized.”
• consumer before producer interest»producentintresset, ska vara utgångspunkten för en politik där säkra livsmedel, miljöhänsyn« (party programme ↗)“producer interest, shall be the starting point for a policy where safe food, environmental consideration”
• more efficient resource use»Naturtillgångarna måste användas mer effektivt och energiproduktionen ställas om.« (party programme ↗)“Natural resources must be used more efficiently and energy production transformed.”
• national leadership permitted»Medlemsländerna ska också kunna gå före« (party programme ↗)“Member states shall also be able to go ahead”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto demands legal requirements for products to be easy and cheap to repair and update and bans on products designed to break prematurely. The party programme wants it to be easy and cheap to reuse and repair instead of buying new, with closed loops as the goal. The counter-proposal's demands for design requirements, lifespan and right to repair are thus the plan's explicit line.

• legal requirements for repairabilitydecisive»ställa lagkrav på att produkter ska vara enkla och billiga att reparera och uppdatera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“set legal requirements for products to be easy and cheap to repair and update.”
• ban on planned obsolescence»förbjuda produkter som är tillverkade för att gå sönder i förtid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ban products designed to break prematurely.”
• cheap to repair»och en att återanvända och reparera saker i stället« (party programme ↗)“and one to reuse and repair things instead”
• closed loops»utsträckning återanvända och återvinna. Målet är« (party programme ↗)“extent reuse and recycle. The goal is”

The plan states that Sweden shall become the world's most resource-efficient country with a more circular economy where we recycle and reuse everything from clothes to metals, which presupposes products that last and can be repaired. The party programme's circular economy principle about using without consuming points in the same direction, as does making it easy to do the right thing in everyday life. Demands for right to repair are not stated in the plan, which is why the position is derived.

• resource-efficient circular economydecisive»Sverige ska bli världens mest resurseffektiva land och ekonomin mer cirkulär.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become the world's most resource-efficient country and the economy more circular.”
• easy to do right»Det ska kosta mer att smutsa ner. Det ska vara lätt att göra rätt i vardagen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It should cost more to pollute. It should be easy to do the right thing in everyday life.”
• circular thinking»Vi har en skyldighet att bruka utan att förbruka« (party programme ↗)“We have a duty to use without consuming”
• reuse of products»Med rätt stöd och regelförenklingar kan vi återvinna och återbruka allt från kläder till mineral och metaller.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“With the right support and regulatory simplifications, we can recycle and reuse everything from clothes to minerals and metals.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires that waste's environmental impact be reduced through functioning reuse and recycling, that basic raw materials circulate in the production system and that consumers have the right to correct product information with high ambition level in EU consumer law. Requirements on product design and lifespan plus a right to repair are precisely such measures that make the circular economy possible. The plan does not explicitly mention the right to repair, so the support is derived.

• recycling rather than wastedecisive»Avfallets miljöpåverkan ska minskas genom fungerande återanvändning och återbruk.« (party programme ↗)“Waste's environmental impact shall be reduced through functioning reuse and recycling.”
• raw materials shall circulate»växtnäring och mineraler, ska cirkulera i produktionssystemet« (party programme ↗)“nutrients and minerals, shall circulate in the production system”
• right to product information»konsumentlagar som ger rätt till korrekt produktinformation« (party programme ↗)“consumer laws that give the right to correct product information”
• high ambition in consumer protection»Målet ska vara att konsumentlagstiftningen i EU-länderna ligger på en hög ambitionsnivå« (party programme ↗)“The objective shall be that consumer law in EU countries is at a high level of ambition”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan explicitly opposes the throwaway mentality of consumer society and requires that finite resources are not consumed irresponsibly. Producer responsibility is motivated precisely by the fact that goods should be able to be dismantled and recycled from the start. Requirements for product design and lifetime, as well as a right to repair, fulfil this commitment.

• rejects throwaway mentalitydecisive»inspirerad slit- och slängfilosofi« (party programme ↗)“inspired by throwaway mentality”
• products that can be recycled»ökar incitamenten att redan från början producera varor som går att demontera och återvinna« (party programme ↗)“increases incentives to produce goods that can be dismantled and recycled from the start”
• stewardship of finite resources»att vi förvaltar och inte på ett ansvarslöst sätt förbrukar ändliga resurser och naturvärden« (party programme ↗)“that we are stewards and not irresponsibly consume finite resources and natural values”
• counteract wasteful use of resources»En livsstil som innebär ett slöseri med resurser är« (party programme ↗)“A lifestyle that involves wasteful use of resources is”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to remove one-third of red tape for companies and prevent Sweden from imposing requirements beyond EU level; product requirements of this kind belong in the common regulatory framework. Its method for resource efficiency is technical development and growth, not new national design requirements. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's requirement, but the issue is not addressed directly.

• EU rules at minimum leveldecisive»motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut« (2022 manifesto ↗)“prevent over-implementation of EU decisions in Sweden”
• reduced red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of red tape”
• technology and growth as method(2022 manifesto)
• no expensive symbolic politics»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy must never be reduced to expensive symbolic politics or narrow climate nationalism.”

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The plan wants to remove unnecessary rules where the costs to businesses do not match the benefit to society and stop symbolic politics that affects industry and business. New requirements on product design, lifespan and repairability are precisely new regulatory burden on businesses, and the plan instead measures environmental measures in benefit per pound. The demand is therefore rejected, albeit on an inferred basis.

• no costly regulatory requirementsdecisive»För att få fler och växande företag är det viktigt att ta bort onödiga regler där kostnaderna för företagen inte motsvarar nyttan för samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To get more and growing businesses it is important to remove unnecessary rules where the costs to businesses do not match the benefit to society.”
• stop symbolic politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbolic politics that harms the ability to conduct industry and business”
• regulatory simplification»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for regulatory simplification and ease the administrative burden on small businesses”
• environmental efficiency per pound»Sträva efter miljöeffektivitet och hitta de åtgärder som ger mest miljö per krona« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strive for environmental efficiency and find the measures that provide the most environment per pound”