Durable good

According to Cooper (1994, p5)[3] "durability is the ability of a product to perform its required function over a lengthy period under normal conditions of use without excessive expenditure on maintenance or repair".

Several units may be used to measure the durability of a product according to its field of application such as years of existence, hours of use and operational cycles.

Durability, as a characteristic relating to the quality of goods that can be demanded by consumers, was not clear until an amendment of the law in 1994[which?]

This intermediate good should ideally be easy to handle, store and transport (function i).

And it should be difficult to destroy so that it lasts over time (function iii)” (de Bruin 2023).

A car is a durable good. The gasoline that powers it is a non-durable (or consumable) good.
Stopping the production of non-durable goods was supported by many European respondents to the European Investment Bank Climate Survey. It was a less popular idea in China.