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Jun 20, 2022 | Colombia joins to ban Single-Use Plastics
On July 1, 2022, the Colombian Congress had the last and most important discussion about plastics among products – and reached a consensus on an official prohibition of single-use plastics. The verdic...
Jun 20, 2022 | Colombia Establishes a Notification Portal for Chemical Substances
On May 31, 2022, the Colombian Ministry of Commerce (MINCIT) officially launched the Online Portal for Chemical Substances for Industrial Use. The Online Portal will be the main instrument for the ind...
MoEUCC Publishes Chemical Data System KIMVES
Jun 16, 2022
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of Turkey has developed a new website to search for information regarding the inventory of chemicals called Chemicals Data System (KIMVES)....
India releases a proposal of new E-waste management regulations
Jun 14, 2022
On May 20, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change released a new regulation draft that will replace the current E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016. In addition to informati...
Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment in China
Jun 13, 2022
According to Notice No.15 of 2022 issued on May 24, 2022, by the General Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, a newly approved Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment was re...
China announces its plan to add four phthalates to RoHS2
Jun 13, 2022
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in China made an announcement explaining China’s plan to make stronger its restriction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic p...
China Plans to Expand the Application of Hazchem QR Codes
Jun 13, 2022
Following the “One enterprise, one chemical product, and one QR code” principle, China’s new Hazardous Chemical Registration Comprehensive Service System was launched on February 16, 2022. It supports...
RoHS To take effect from July 2022 in Saudi Arabia
Jun 13, 2022
The Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) published the Technical Regulation for Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (SASO RoHS) in 2021 to...
RAC Backs Lead Restriction in Outdoor Shooting and Fishing
Jun 13, 2022
ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) has expressed its support for restricting the use of lead in ammunition for hunting, outdoor sports shooting, and fishing by adopting its opinion on ECHA’s p...
ECHA adds NMA to the REACH Candidate List
Jun 10, 2022
On the 10th of June 2022, ECHA added an entry on n-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamide (NMA) to the REACH candidate list. This addition was done due to the carcinogenic and genotoxic properties of the chemical,...
EU Plans for Open Access to Chemicals Data Due in 2023
Jun 10, 2022
With the purpose to facilitate the “One substance, one assessment" process, the European Commission plans to review and improve the current way of how chemicals’ required data are gathered and dissemi...
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