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On 18 January, BSEF Regulatory Affairs Advisor, Klaus Rothenbacher and ICL Director of Advocacy Europe, Sander Kroon attended the International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) 2023, the leading event in the Circular Economy Electronics world.
[caption id="attachment_18441" align="aligncenter" width="400"] From left to right, Klaus Rothenbacher, Sander Kroon and Chris Slijkhuis[/caption]
Every year, IERC brings together more than 500 international professionals from the whole...
31 January, 2023
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On 6 December 2022, BSEF attended the National Assembly (NA) seminar on “Sustainable ways to respond to TBT issues”. The event focused on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), mandatory technical regulations and voluntary standards that define specific characteristics that a product should have, such as its size, shape, design, labelling, performance etc., and their implications on trade and competitiveness.
In this...
31 January, 2023
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India’s high annual number of residential fires results in numerous deaths and property damage, posing a major threat to people’s lives and property.
Ensuring both the strict implementation of strong fire safety measures and the use of Flame Retardants (FRs), substances which play an essential role in preventing and slowing down ignition, represent thus crucial steps in tackling and solving the...
31 January, 2023
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One of China’s current key priorities is the improvement of furniture’s flame retardancy. This is because modern home and public spaces contain highly flammable materials and while the increased use of plastics, composites, foams, and synthetic fiber-based fillings make practical, comfortable and more energy efficient living, it has brought with it an increased risk of fire as many of these...
31 January, 2023
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Check out our latest factsheet on BFRs and how they protect what matters.
Read the factsheet here...
27 October, 2022
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Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is a nearly 16-year-old EU law. At this moment, the EU is discussing new prohibitions on the ‘essential use’ of beneficial chemical substances. Brominated Flame Retardants play an essential role in ensuring fire safety and contributing to the UN decade of fire safety. BSEF and other stakeholders have published position papers regarding...
27 October, 2022
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Mercury is a heavy, odorless, lustrous liquid metal that sinks in water. One gram of mercury contains 3 x 1021 atoms and each of these atoms is bio-chemically capable to disable an enzyme or other critical protein in a human body. This one gram of mercury (present in a typical clinical thermometer) is enough to contaminate a water body with...
27 October, 2022
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China Bromine Summit 2022 took place on July 28th in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. Harry Du, Secretary General of BSEF China, made a presentation there with the title of “Regulatory and NGO Challenges Faced by Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs)”.
He called on the local bromine industries to join together to defend BFR interest in face of the challenges by regulations and...
27 October, 2022
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During the BSEF board members' visit to Korea and Japan, BSEF held a series of very successful meetings with relevant stakeholders and institutions.
In Korea, Secretary General Michael Hack and ICL Global Director of Advocacy Joel Tenney visited the National Assembly (NA) on 12-13 July and met NA members Huh Young and Han Moo-kyung. The meetings were characterized by a positive...
27 October, 2022
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