During its ten years of existence, the SIN (Substitute It Now!) List has been a useful source of information on hazardous chemicals that are likely to be restricted in the EU in the future. So far, the SIN List has focused solely on the bad options – what not to use – but due to ChemSec’s newest project Marketplace, it now also lists the safer alternatives.
Bisphenol A in receipts are being replaced with its equally harmful cousin bisphenol S
Bisphenol A in receipts are being replaced with its equally harmful cousin bisphenol S The upcoming EU wide ban of BPA in thermal paper are driving the market towards alternatives A survey by the European Chemicals Agency finds that EU…
REACH could learn a thing or two from other legal frameworks
When applicants in the authorisation process claim there are no safer alternatives for them to use, regulators take their word for it.
But the authorisation process is not the only area of EU law where companies apply for some kind of permit and include a market analysis together with the applications. For example, there is a very similar legal process for companies applying for merger clearance.
EU chemicals approval process stifles safer alternatives
PRESS RELEASE Analysis by ChemSec and ClientEarth shows the chemicals approval process gives undue influence to companies producing dangerous chemicals and stifles information on safer alternatives, limiting the market for companies that produce them. Under EU chemicals law REACH,…
Four approaches to substitution your company should start considering
As the managing director of a SME with its own sustainable technology I spend a lot of time thinking about how to achieve successful green substitution and about what the constituents of this process are. I recently got a chance to bounce my own ideas off others when I took part in a Chemical Watch seminar in Copenhagen. During the seminar two things stood out for me.
Alternative providers need exposure if substitution is to become more than a buzzword
I think that dating sites manifest one of the best and most intrinsic qualities of the internet: to connect people. And of course, this quality can be used for more than dating and finding a new partner – it can also be used to speed up the transition from hazardous chemicals to safer alternatives.
Chemical companies in the textile industry joins ChemSec’s Marketplace
NGO platform increases visibility of safer chemicals in the textile sector The corporate drive to replace hazardous chemicals in textile products and supply chains with safer alternatives are increasing. To facilitate this drive, chemicals expert NGO ChemSec launched the Marketplace…
June 8: Marketplace webinar – registration open now
Learn how you can use the Marketplace to find safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals and what future features will be added to the tool. There will be time for questions. Details: 8th June, 3 PM CET (9 AM Eastern Time,...
New “dating site” for safer chemistry
New “dating site” for safer chemistry Chemical producers such as Clariant, Chemours and Valspar are working with environmental NGO ChemSec to raise the visibility of alternatives to hazardous chemicals In recent years the corporate drive to substitute hazardous chemicals in…
Why should producers of safer chemicals bother with policy when no one listens to them?
Why should producers of safer chemicals bother with policy when no one listens to them? The authorisation process hurts European innovation Ι By Anne-Sofie Andersson When I studied chemistry I used to rent a small flat in a rather rundown...