New guidelines to help retailers and designers understand recyclability of paper and board-based packaging, promote use of packaging most easily processed by paper mills
EU roadmap for evaluating EDC regulations
EU Commission opens public consultation on roadmap for reviewing coherence of EU measures on endocrine disrupting chemicals and their effectiveness for protecting public health and the environment; responses accepted until July 10, 2019
Glass recycling at 76% in the EU
European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) reports record rate of 76% recycling of glass packaging in 2017 in the EU
Action plan works to update REACH dossiers
European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) publishes progress report on action plan to update data in REACH registration dossiers; announces over 1,700 dossiers updated in 2019, covers nearly 75% of registrations above 1,000 metric tons per year
DG SANCO meets FCM stakeholders
European Commission’s DG SANCO convenes food contact material (FCM) stakeholders, discloses modified working plan for 2014
EU EDC framework coming soon
European Commission will adopt communication defining its framework on endocrine disrupters November 7, 2018
Chemical monitoring database published
Multimedia Monitoring Database (MMDB) comprises data from 20 public monitoring data sources in harmonized machine-readable format; to support chemical exposure assessment and decision-making
Microplastics in aquatic environment
Microplastics2018 conference addresses sources, fate, effects of microplastics in waste water and aquatic ecosystems
Italy amends stainless steel regulation
Italy expands list of stainless steels authorized for food contact, updates list of unintentionally added elements permitted in stainless steels
France: Second national strategy on EDCs
France publishes second national strategy on endocrine disrupting chemicals; plans creation of EDC list in 2020, followed by education campaigns; calls for tighter and more harmonized EDC regulations EU-wide; allocates funds to support EDC research