by pinfa-editor | 11 Jul, 2019
At the initiative of pinfa, leading fire safety organisations have signed a joint letter to the European Commission asking that fire safety be better integrated into the EU’s R&D funding programme, Horizon Europe. Signatories include fire fighters organisations, a...
by pinfa-editor | 2 Dec, 2019
Washington State has invited public comment on the five “priority chemical classes” identified in the State’s new law RCW 70.365 “Safer Products for Washington” adopted Spring 2019 (Senate Bill 5135). This law identifies as initial “Priority chemicals” organohalogen...
by pinfa-editor | 30 Oct, 2019
Canada’s federal Department of the Environment submitted for public consultation (closed 11th September 2019) an assessment of three phosphorus chemicals, including trixylyl phosphate which can be used as a flame retardant in e.g. lubricants, plastics, wires and...
by pinfa-editor | 2 Dec, 2019
Unlike post-industrial plastics recycling, dealing with known and homogenous materials, post consumer recycling (PCR) poses challenges because the feedstream is variable and contains a mixture of different polymers and additives, with differing processing...
by pinfa-editor | 21 Jan, 2020
Nearly all of pinfa’s 31 members (flame retardant manufacturers and users) were present in Cologne, Germany, for the association’s second General Assembly of 2019. pinfa’s 2019 activities were discussed, as presented in the Annual Report here. Key activities included...
