ECHA has announced an importance update to its SCIP database.
SCIP database version 2.0 will include the ability to search by SCIP number. This will provide downstream companies greater visibility regarding substances of concern in their sourced components.
Companies should prepare for changes to UK EPR legislation. The number of responses to the consultation correlates with its potential business impact.
EPA has proposed a rule to extend the compliance date for restricting the use of PIP (3:1)-containing articles until October 31, 2024 to allow supply chains to manage its substitution where possible. PIP (3:1) is used in a range of products including laptops, cellphones and other electrical and electronic equipment.
Yesterday, 20 October 2021 at RMI members meeting was announced a formal launch of a new template - EMRT v. 1.0
Revised waste legislation entered into force in Finland in July 2021. From now on also online operators selling products to users in Finland are included in the scope of producer responsibility for packaging. This means they are obliged to participate in funding the collection and recycling of the packaging material that enters Finland through their distance sales.
Companies can now access data from the EU’s first public database of substances of very high concern in products, SCIP. The SCIP database now displays more than four million article notifications.
It aims to allow consumers to make more informed purchasing choices and help waste operators to further develop the re-use of articles and the recycling of materials.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will issue new rules on the five Persistent Bio-accumulative and Toxic which are currently subject to risk management rules in 2023.
European Commission publishes an overview for the year 2020.
Overview based on the analysis of information on the application of the EU Timber Regulation (Regulation EU No. 995/2010), submitted by EUTR Member States
Maine has become the first US State to enact legislation that requires producers to fund the recycling of packaging and report annually on the quantity and type of packaging sold.
The Act To Support and Improve Municipal Recycling Programs and Save Taxpayer Money requires Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection to contract with a packaging stewardship organisation to finance recycling infrastructure and public education programs in the state.
ECHA adds 8 subsctances that are used in cosmetics, scented articles, rubber, textiles, solvents, flame retardants and manufacture plastics products to the Candidate List. Most have been added tbecause they are hazardous to human health.
The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) have announced three major actions on tackling PFAS within the U.S.;
The French Ministry of Culture has issued Decision 22 following unanimous agreement by the Private Copying Remuneration to reduce fees for reconditioned smartphones and tablets.
European Commission has published Guidance on the application of Single-Use Plastic rules.
European Commission provides guidance on the EU rules on single-use plastics and adopts an Implementing Decision on the monitoring and reporting of fishing gear placed on the market and waste fishing gear collected. These rules aim to reduce marine litter from single-use plastic products and fishing gear and promote the transition to a circular economy with innovative and sustainable business models, products, and materials.
The European Commission has published a table with links to Member State Reports for the Implementation of the EU Timber Regulation.
Yesterday, 28 April 2021 Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) has published an updated Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT).
The Council of the European Union has approved a Commission proposal that would list chlorpyrifos (CAS No: 2921-88-2, EC No 220-864-4) in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has launched a public consultation on Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging. The consultation seeks views on policy proposals that would require producers to bear the full cost of managing waste packaging from 2023.
EU eco-design amendment regulations for many energy using products have been published today which aim to provide clarification and reference information to assist manufacturers in complying with the requirements.
