The Swedish government announced that it plans to set up a Substitution Center for SME in Boras, a city where the textile and chemical industries are concentrated. Through research and development, it will assist small and medium-sized enterprises to replace harmful substances in their products, so as to achieve the goal of promoting sustainable development. Continuing the goals of the Textile Project. The Center for Chemical Substitution, located at the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), will be able to use the resources of the Institute to provide information on industrial innovation for SMEs and assist SMEs and large enterprises, industry associations, competent authorities and Collaborate with academia to find alternatives to harmful substances in textile products in a systematic and strategic manner. Through database construction, chemical safety information and non-chemical methods and technologies are analyzed to identify innovative directions for future research and development. According to government estimates, about 32,000 companies in Sweden will be affected by the promotion of sustainable textile projects, of which about 13,000 are in the manufacturing industry and the remaining 19,000 companies are wholesale and retail operators. Karolina Skog, Director of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, pointed out that purchasing safe products should be the most basic right of all consumers. Therefore, while promoting sustainable textile projects, the above-mentioned 13,000 manufacturing industries will be chemical alternatives. key implementation vendors. Source: Chemical Watch (2017-11-10) (PID

Greenpeace released the "2017 Greener Electronics Brand Rating Guide to Greener Electronics" simultaneously globally today (10/17), directly naming Samsung, Huawei, and Amazon as the least responsible for the environment. Although Taiwanese electronics brands Acer and Asus have previously promised to gradually Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFR) have been eliminated from products, but have not yet been completely removed. On the other hand, only Apple and Google have completely banned PVC and BFR in their entire product lines. Global electronics brands are becoming increasingly aware of environmental protection and are gradually adopting environmentally-first policies and practices from energy to raw material procurement. This also makes Taiwan, famous for its electronics foundry, urgently need to transform its industry to respond to global market development trends. Greenpeace recommends that Taiwan's electronics industry should make good use of R&D and production technology, use easy maintenance and durability as the design basis, and increase the proportion of recycled materials and renewable energy. In addition to realizing a circular economy, it can also create new situations under the challenge of climate change. Greenpeace Global IT Project Manager Li Zhian said: "Consumer electronic products have a short life cycle, which not only rapidly consumes the earth's limited resources, but also increases greenhouse gas emissions. The electronics industry still needs to work hard to improve product recycling programs and encourage users to actively recycle waste. For electronic products, the development of more efficient recycling and recycling technologies is indeed a step towards a circular economy." Greenpeace evaluated 17 world-renowned electronic brands, and the evaluation items included (1) increasing recycling.

The state of California in the United States recently passed legislation requiring manufacturers of various cleaning products to comply with the most stringent chemical disclosure regulations in the United States so far by January 1, 2021, and online disclosure must be implemented by January 1, 2020. Experts believe that if the new law is not rejected by California citizens in a vote or is successfully challenged in court, it will become a de facto national standard in the United States. Manufacturers may find it more practical and cost-effective to develop labels that comply with California standards and then use them on cleaning products sold nationwide. California’s Cleaning Products Right to Know Act (SB 258) was passed into law on October 15, requiring manufacturers of designated cleaning products sold in the state to disclose information about the chemicals contained in their products on product labels and product websites. "Designated products" refer to cleaning products primarily for commercial, household or institutional use, including air fresheners, automotive products, general cleaning products, and polishing or floor waxing products. Products that do not fall within this definition are: (1) food, drugs, and cosmetics, including personal care products such as toothpaste, shampoo, and hand soap; (2) specially manufactured and used in oil and gas production, steel production, heavy industrial manufacturing, Industrial water treatment, industrial textile maintenance and processing except industrial washing, food and beverage processing and packaging, and industrial products for other industrial production processes; (3) Designated product trial samples that are not packaged for individual sale, resale or retail, and There is text stating that the product may not be sold or resold. from 20

Can upgrading raw material design and application standards help us eliminate various wastes generated by the current economic model? Policymakers in China and Europe think it is possible. As we all know, circular economy thinking has also attracted the attention of large multinational companies such as Coca-Cola, and has had a profound impact on their product commercial design. The global cost of landfill incineration, waste cleanup and pollutant management reaches billions of dollars every year, and a circular economy model can help us save this cost. In order to build a sustainable economy with higher resource utilization efficiency, the Chinese government and the EU seem to have naturally found an entry point for cooperation. Since the industrial revolution, the industrial development model has adopted an extractive development model, that is, a three-step model in which resources are mined underground, made into products, and discarded after use. Although this development model meets development needs and lifts billions of people out of poverty, it also creates a lot of waste and pollution. The negative impact of this model has already begun to appear in terms of exacerbating resource scarcity. Industry and government have realized that a different system must be built to deliver more resilient long-term prosperity and free economic growth from negative impacts. And this is our current job - to promote the circular economy model. Plastic is an iconic material in the modern economy. It is not only available everywhere, but also has a wide range of uses. However, the scale of the material is also growing at an alarming rate. Plastics can be said to have a typical linear life cycle, with products made from limited resources and finally discarded after use. plastic

Japan's METI warns companies that they must comply with the Chemical Substances Control Law. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) recently issued an announcement requiring companies to comply with the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL), referred to as Chemical Substances Control Law. Law. The announcement also mentions the most common corporate violations, with examples as follows: – Mistaking new chemical substances for general chemical substances. The former must conduct a preliminary assessment before production/import; while the latter only needs to report the production or import volume to the government. – Manufacture or import of small quantities of chemical substances exceeding the permitted weight. For small-volume chemical substances and intermediates, companies must specifically declare the expected production/import volume and obtain permission before proceeding (in order to not exceed the principle that the annual production/import volume of small-volume chemical substances does not exceed one ton, coordination between ministries and councils must be Permission\declaration limit). – Unable to submit chemical substance hazard test reports required by government departments. METI pointed out that most of the violations by companies are caused by the lack of understanding of the chemical supervision law or the poor implementation of the company's internal chemical substance management system. In order to prevent similar violations from continuing to occur, METI recommends that companies implement the following matters: – Conduct internal education and training on the Chemical Submissions Act for management and personnel exposed to hazardous substances on the production line; &#

The Washington State Children's Product Safety Act proposes to add 18 new substances of high concern. The Washington State Children's Product Safety Act (CSPA) announces 18 new "Chemicals of High Concern to Children (CHCC)" that are expected to be added in the future. A public consultation has been launched, and this will be the last consultation before the formal proposal in 2017. The last revision of the CHCC list was in 2013, and Washington State hopes to speed up the revision process. The draft proposes to add the following substances to the CHCC list: – Phthalates DIBP and DCHP; – Flame retardants DBDPE, TCP, TPP, TCPP, TBPH, TBB, TBPP, TDBPP, TNBP and EHDPP, IPTPP, SCCP and V6 ; – bisphenols BPF and BPS (current CHCC listed alternatives to phenolmethane); and – perfluorinated compound PFOA and its related substances. The latest proposal calls for phthalic anhydride; octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4); and molybdenum to be excluded from listing as CHCCs. The Washington State Children's Product Safety Law stipulates that children's product operators (manufacturers, importers or domestic wholesale distributors of children's products) who meet the following conditions must report the following information to the competent authority every year: 1. Children's products intend to add CHCC and the product ingredients The concentration in

According to the EU’s latest 7th Environmental Report, the EU’s chemical substance management guidelines under the non-toxic policy point out that the complex and changing risks posed by the millions of finished products that consumers are exposed to every day in the EU have not been effectively regulated by regulations. standardized management. These limited regulations are scattered across different industries, lack systematic management, and have not been comprehensively evaluated, resulting in the risk of exposure to hazardous substances in finished products. Therefore, the report recommends that the European Commission should take effective measures to prevent harmful substances from entering the finished product process starting from source management. Strengthening information transparency in the supply chain is a key consideration for the EU to achieve its goal of a non-toxic environment. The report also mentioned that the scope of authorization of "Authorization" in the current REACH regulations is limited to the EU. On the other hand, products manufactured outside the EU do not need to go through the authorization application process. Products that have been included in the authorization list by ECHA can be included in the product. Chemical substances on the list are then imported into the EU market. In addition, even if some hazardous substances have been banned or restricted at this stage, they will still exist in waste streams or recycled materials, especially finished products with relatively long product life cycles. Such as buildings or infrastructure, etc. In view of this, the report emphasizes that if the EU wants to achieve the goal of a non-toxic environment, it must proceed in the following three directions: 1. Strengthen the transparency of information on hazardous substances in finished products; 2. Avoid

The U.S. CPSC recommends adding an exclusive item for plasticizer testing in children's products. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently proposed a proposal to make it mandatory for children's products to provide plasticizer testing reports from a third-party impartial unit before they are put on the market. Added new exclusive items. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) stipulates that the concentration of the following six plasticizers in children's products shall not exceed 0.1%: – DEHP di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; – DBP dibutyl phthalate; – BBP tolyl butyl phthalate; – DINP diisononyl phthalate; – DIDP didecyl phthalate; and – DnOP di-n-octyl phthalate ester. Before the product is put on the market, manufacturers must provide a conformity test report issued by a third-party impartial unit after testing the above six plasticizers. However, research commissioned by the CPSC found that not all types of plastics use the above six plasticizers in the manufacturing process, raw materials or additives, or when the above six plasticizers are added, the usage amount is much less than the limit. 0.1%. These plastic types are as follows: &#82

Certain plastics contained in toys are exempt from third-party testing requirements for phthalates. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently determined that four types of plastics containing specific additives do not contain certain phthalates currently banned in children's toys and child care products. acid ester. According to this recognition, starting from September 29, these plastics containing specific additives do not need to be tested by a third party to prove compliance with the mandatory ban on phthalates in children's toys and child care products. Section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 stipulates that accessible plastic parts of children's toys and child care products, or other parts made of materials that may contain phthalates, shall not contain a concentration of 0.1% or above. 6 specific phthalates, namely DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP and DnOP. Subsequently, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recommended changing the temporary ban on DINP to a permanent ban, lifting the temporary ban on DIDP and DnOP, and adding four other phthalates, namely DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP and DCHP, to the banned list. However, none of these actions have been implemented. Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, as amended by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, manufacturers of products subject to consumer product safety rules or similar rules, bans, standards or regulations administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission must The product must be proven to comply with all applicable regulations enforced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. For children's products, certification should be by a third party recognized by the Consumer Product Safety Commission