Schedule 6: Resource efficiency information Part 1: Requirements Meaning of "information about resource efficiency"
Paragraph 2(1) defines "information about resource efficiency" as any information which is relevant to the product’s impact on the natural environment and which falls within sub-paragraph (2) or (3). "Natural environment" has the same meaning as in section 44.
	Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) together provide an exhaustive list of the types of information about a product which can be required to be provided under these powers. Sub-paragraph (2) includes information relating to the product’s expected life, durability, reparability and upgradeability and the ways in which it can be disposed of at the end of its life. For example, regulations might require information to be given about whether spare parts are available to accommodate repair, the potential to remanufacture the product or whether the materials used in the product are recyclable. Sub-paragraph (3) includes types of information relating to the impact of the product on the natural environment; these include the materials and techniques used in its manufacture, the resources consumed during its production or use, and the pollutants (such as greenhouse gases) released or emitted during production, which includes both the extraction of raw materials and the manufacturing process, as well as use or disposal.