Author: Chris Slijkhuis (cs@eera-recyclers.com) - January 2022 During the IERC 2022 conference in Salzburg from 18 – 21 January, BSEF organized a workshop about WEEE plastics, consisting of a block with presentations and a block consisting of a discussion round table. Three topics were presented before a...
21 January 2022 On the 3rd of January 2022 the Nordic Council of Ministers issued a report on recyclable plastic components in electrical and electronic products with the title “Circular plastics in electrical and electronic equipment”[1]. The report presents an inaccurate portrayal of waste from electrical...
8th July 2021 China Campus Essay Call on Science-based Understanding of Flame Retardants was launched in November 2020 and concluded in May2021 and its organized by The China Association of Flame Retardant Materials (CAFRM), China Flame Retardant Society (CFRS) and International Bromine...
25 May 2021 Background On April 14 2021, the study ‘Assessing Indoor Dust Interference with Human Nuclear Hormone Receptors in Cell-Based Luciferase Reporter Assays[1]’ was published in Environmental Health Perspectives by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Researchers collected dust samples from 46 rooms at...
20 April 2020 Modern upholstered furniture represents a significant fuel load in homes and apartments across Europe. In Europe, upholstered furniture fire safety standards are nationally defined and lead to very different safety levels between countries. Flame retardants are used in foams and fabrics to meet the...
Tuesday, 28 May 2019 - BSEF welcomes the report “Contaminants in Europe's seas moving towards a clean, non-toxic marine environment”[1] by the European Environment Agency. The report aims to “map contamination 'problem areas' and 'non-problem areas' at the scale of Europe's seas, while also exploring...
BSEF Press Statement - 25 April 2019 A new paper by Koch et al. entitled “Degradation of brominated polymeric flame retardants and effects of generated decomposition products”[1] has recently been published in the journal Chemosphere. The same authors published earlier this year two papers on the...
BSEF notes the recent publication titled “Ecotoxicological characterization of possible degradation products of the polymeric flame retardant “Polymeric FR” using algae and Daphnia OECD tests” by C. Koch and B. Sures[1]. In an earlier study, Koch et al subjected Polymeric FR to a series of degradation...
The Brazilian Flame Retardants Industry Association (ABICHAMA), has performed a reaction to fire pre-test on sofas and televisions in partnership with the Fire Department of the Federal District. The main objective of the joint project is to have a comparative analysis of fire behavior of...
The UK study, "Flame retardants in UK furniture increase smoke toxicity more than they reduce fire growth rate"[1], published on Chemosphere in December 2017, states that “flame retardant chemicals in furniture increase the toxicity of smoke when burning more than they reduce fire growth”. However several fire science experts have challenging...