EU consultation Zero Pollution Ambition

EU consultation Zero Pollution Ambition

Input is invited to 10th February for the EU Zero Pollution Action Plan for air, water and soil, to be adopted in 2021. The Commission’s ‘Roadmap’ outlines as key orientations to: strengthen implementation and enforcement, improve the regulatory “acquis” on health and...
pinfa input to Sustainable Products Initiative

pinfa input to Sustainable Products Initiative

Benefits of chemicals’ functions in consumer products should be considered, and LCA, product durability and recycling. pinfa’s input to the EU public consultation noted the need to take into account the functions delivered by chemicals in finished products and...
pinfa input to CPR consultation

pinfa input to CPR consultation

pinfa supports reinforcing the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) as central to ensuring building fire safety. The pinfa response to the public consultation is aligned with the arguments of CPE (Construction Products Europe) and emphasises that the CPR currently...
Compounding World shows future is PIN

Compounding World shows future is PIN

AMI’s industry magazine annual review on flame retardants features nearly 20 new products, of which only one is not PIN. The article starts by noting the development of a diverse range of HFFRs (halogen-free flame retardants) “increasingly seen as more sustainable...
European Fire Safety Week webinar: smoke

European Fire Safety Week webinar: smoke

Experts and fire-fighters explained the increasing risk from smoke in fire in modern buildings, because of new materials, green building and furnishings, in a webinar organised as part of European Fire Safety Week 2020 (160 participants). Patrick van Hees, Lund...