This manual has been published to include more than 20 years' experience driving ecodesign and eco-innovation in the Basque Country; it is an update of the ecodesign manual published by Ihobe in the year 2000 ("Ecodesign Manual: 7 Steps for Implementatiton") and has integrated a circular approach and has adapted it to the current scenario.

The goal of this manual is to provide companies with guidelines to integrate environmenntal criteria and incorporate a ciircularly approach in the design of their products; it also facilitates simple tools to allow the to take their first steps in that direction.