The European Commission has opened a public consultation to 24th January 2019 on product policies relevant to the Circular Economy. Questions in the consultation address, amongst others, restrictions of hazardous substances (REACH, RoHS), waste legislation (WEEE,...
pinfa’s General Assembly took place in Cologne, 10th December, with nearly 50 participants from pinfa member companies and an invited speaker from environmental NGO ChemSec. Initial results of major testing programmes engaged by pinfa were presented: recycling of...
For the first time, pinfa has published an Annual Report, summarising key actions in 2018 and perspectives for 2019. This was released at the AMI FRiP (Flame Resistance in Plastics) 2018 conference. The report notes that 2018 saw pinfa continue to expand its...
pinfa participated at a workshop on 29th October 2018, Vienna, with representatives from the European Commission as well as Netherlands and Austria national authorities in order to discuss a research programme on safe chemicals, which will be proposed for inclusion...
Around 100 fire safety stakeholders met at the meeting organised by IAFSS (International Association for Fire Safety Research) in Brussels 3rd December 2018. The meeting was sponsored by pinfa and others. Speakers included the European Commission (DG R&D strategy,...
