Section for Sustainable Products

The section is responsible for international cooperation, including with the EU/EEA, and national policy development in the area of more sustainable products and value chains in a more circular economy. This includes inter alia the chemicals policy, the development of a new framework for sustainable products (ecodesign) as part of the EU/EEA and environmental issues related to key value chains such as plastics and batteries. It has a special responsibility for the Product Control Act and the Sustainable Products Act.It is responsible for several chemicals conventions and the work related to the development of a new global, legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution and a new UN panel on chemicals, waste and preventing pollution.