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ICL Group, a BSEF member and global leader in specialty minerals gave a presentation at the Going Green CARE INNOVATION 2023 conference in Vienna from 8 to 11 May.
Bringing together leading international experts on environmental design, circular economy and resource efficiency among others, the event served as an important platform for discussions on how innovative industries active in the electric...
27 June, 2023
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Could you introduce yourself?
I’m Chris Faulkner the CTO at Agilyx and have been in the sustainability sector throughout my career with a focus on stewardship.
As a technology leader could you comment on why Chemical recycling helps drive a cleaner more circular economy?
Today, the manufacture of plastics is primarily reliant on extracted oil and natural gas. Chemical recycling allows us to...
27 June, 2023
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BSEF, together with dss⁺, a leading provider of operations management consulting services in the field of sustainability, conducted a study on the impact of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) on the recycling of Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) plastics in Europe [1].
The study reveals a significant decline in the levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), identified as a Persistent Organic...
27 June, 2023
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In a draft rule published on 7 December 2022, the Washington State Department of Ecology proposed new restrictions and requirements for substances included in ten categories of consumer products. The proposal notably restricts the use of organohalogen flame retardants (OFRs) – which ensure fire safety – in electric and electronic products with external plastic enclosures such as televisions.
Organohalogen flame retardants are used...
31 January, 2023
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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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