Plastics News discusses PHA bioplastics; outlines production pathways, market development, price compared to traditional plastics
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February 7, 2019
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July 11, 2019
EFSA FCM working group: 7th meeting
Minutes of the 7th meeting of EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on food contact materials now available online; group discusses three draft opinions including review of untreated wood flour and fibers
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July 11, 2019
EU identifies four phthalates as endocrine disrupting
European Chemicals Agency identifies phthalates DEHP, BBP, DBP, DIBP as having endocrine disrupting properties; these substances already placed on Authorization List for being toxic to reproduction
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September 25, 2019
ECHA proposal restricting N,N-dimethylformamide
European Chemicals Agency committees support proposal to restrict use of substance both alone and in mixtures with concentration of 0.3% or greater; public consultation on socio-economic analysis to begin soon, proposal expected to be adopted in December 2019
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February 11, 2019
Launch of Plant Based Products Council
New industry council aims to encourage plant-based products, hosts products database containing food packaging alternatives
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July 11, 2019
EU court confirms BPA as SVHC
General Court of the European Union upholds bisphenol A as a substance of very high concern, ruling follows complaint by Plastics Europe regarding consideration of information on intermediate uses
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July 11, 2019
EU workshop on FCM regulatory evaluation
European Commission announces stakeholder workshop on September 9, 2019, to present and discuss results and findings from the evaluation of EU food contact material legislation; registration open
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September 26, 2019
Ireland developing single-use plastics ban
Minister announces potential strategy to ban range of single-use items, introduce fee for manufacturers that wrap foods in non-recyclable plastic, implement bottle deposit return scheme
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September 26, 2019
Report critically reviews socioeconomic assessments
New Economics Foundation publishes report investigating use of discount rates in socioeconomic assessments for industrial chemicals regulations under REACH; recommends considering precautionary principle regardless of economic effects, questions whether effects should be monetized
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May 14, 2019
EFSA phthalates working group: 9th meeting
EFSA’s CEP Panel working group on phthalates reviews comments received during public consultation on draft opinion of DBP, BBP, DEHP, DINP, DIDP; revisions and responses to comments to be discussed in future meeting
