The repairability index has been deployed since January 2021 across five product categories – smartphones, laptops, televisions, lawn mowers, porthole washing machines. It was extended at the end of 2022 to four other categories: top-opening washing machines, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, high-pressure cleaners.
But a decree published in April 2024 announced that from 2025, this index would be replaced by a “sustainability” index for certain categories of products, starting with televisions (January 8) and washing machines (all type of opening, April 8). “It includes new criteria, in particular relating to the reliability of the product”, or concerning resistance to stress and wear, or even the existence of a commercial guarantee, the Ministry of Ecological Transition indicated at the end of December on his site.
“Essential to enlighten consumers”
Tuesday, in a press release, the association “Stop planned obsolescence” (HOP) welcomed “good news” with the entry into force of this new device on the label of televisions, which it describes as “ more complete” and “essential to enlighten consumers on the reliability of goods and encourage manufacturers to produce eco-designed goods”. HOP regrets, however, that this ecological poster “still concerns too few products”.
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