pinfa Annual Report 2022

pinfa Annual Report 2022

pinfa now has over thirty full and associate members active in 2022 on policy, recycling, communications and worldwide. pinfa’s Annual Report 2022 provides a 30-page summary of actions on PIN flame retardants in the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability and...
Polluter Pays consultation to 4th Aug. 2023

Polluter Pays consultation to 4th Aug. 2023

Consultation ask questions about Polluter Pays policy implementation, costs and which sectors should be targeted. Several sectors concerned by flame retardants are proposed as possible targets, including plastics and rubber products, electronic and electrical...
Debate on wildfire retardants in US

Debate on wildfire retardants in US

US regulators are opposing lawsuits attempting to prevent use of fire retardants to fight wildfires. The lawsuits, brought by an NGO of Forest Service employees (FESSS), suggests that a permit would be needed to use fire retardants in wildfire fighting water. It is...
EU Taxonomy consultation

EU Taxonomy consultation

Draft green finance criteria. pinfa input that the significant environmental impacts of fire safety should be considered. pinfa emphasised that fire has not only human and economic costs, but also important environmental consequences, both local (smoke and soot,...
Strategic Raw Materials (SRM) consultation

Strategic Raw Materials (SRM) consultation

EU public consultation now extended to 30th June: phosphorus not in proposed SRM list despite being critical for fire safety. The proposed EU Critical Raw Materials Regulation retains “Phosphorus” and “Phosphate Rock” on the list of Critical Raw Materials, but not on...