A regulatory term referring to the life cycle stage that begins when a product is discarded and ends when the waste material of the product is returned.
End-of-life is part of the formal vocabulary used in digital product passports, product sustainability information, durability, and ecodesign compliance. For this glossary, the key point is understanding how the source defines the term and where that definition sits within broader compliance or data requirements.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
the life cycle stage that begins when a product is discarded and ends when the waste material of the product is returned to nature or enters another product’s life cycle;
Reference: Article 2, point 13
In practice, this term matters when companies collect, structure, verify, or communicate sustainability data within digital product passports, product sustainability information, durability, and ecodesign compliance.
For Minespider, end-of-life is not just descriptive language. It is a modeling term that affects how sustainability, emissions, lifecycle, or product information should be captured and compared.