Design choices made today lock in tomorrow’s environmental and cost outcomes. Test how well you apply 2025 circularity rules like ESPR and Digital Product Passports.
Which trio best captures circular-economy design aims highlighted in 2025 reports?
Grow market share, cut SG&A, raise debt
Maximize output, minimize labor, outsource production
Standardize SKUs, extend warranties, expand ads
Design out waste, keep materials in circulation, regenerate nature
Under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) work plan adopted in 2025, which requirement can be mandated for many categories?
Uniform VAT rates across the EU
Elimination of physical manuals
Minimum recycled content in products
Mandatory subscription pricing for all goods
What is the main purpose of a Digital Product Passport (DPP) under ESPR?
Process online payments at point of sale
Offer extended warranty insurance
Replace EU customs documentation
Provide product data (e.g., materials, repair) to enable circularity and compliance
ISO 59010:2024/2025 guidance focuses on helping companies do what in relation to circularity?
Certify carbon credits trading on exchanges
Define GAAP rules for remanufacturing revenue
Design and transition business models and value networks for circular economy
Set maximum retail prices for eco products
Several 2025 EPR and packaging updates in the U.S. and EU make which design metric more central for compliance?
Average session duration
Email open rate
DNS time‑to‑live
Post‑consumer recycled content percentage
The 2025 ESPR prohibits which practice first for certain sectors such as textiles and footwear?
Use of video ads in e‑commerce
Dynamic pricing in marketplaces
Cross‑border shipping
Destruction of unsold consumer products
Which data is explicitly relevant to include in a Digital Product Passport to support repair and reuse?
Employee headcount at supplier factories
Customer loyalty points balance
Repair activities and availability of spare parts
Real‑time FX rates
Which design approach most directly supports keeping materials at high value in circulation?
Permanent adhesives that prevent opening
Opaque material blends without labeling
Design for disassembly and remanufacturing of key modules
Single‑use composites with mixed polymers
Which policy lever in the 2025 ESPR can pull the market toward better product design through public demand?
Mandatory green public procurement criteria
Universal income subsidies for appliances
Zero‑tariff import quotas for all goods
Banning online marketplaces
When was the first ESPR working plan adopted, setting the initial product priorities and horizontal actions?
December 2020
July 2026
April 2025
January 2023
Starter
You know the terms—review ESPR mandates, DPP fields, and core circular design moves.
Solid
Strong grasp—apply DPP data and recycled content targets to real design decisions.
Expert!
Impressive—your design choices anticipate ESPR audits and keep value circulating.
