UNECE Publishes ADN 2025: Updates for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways
Jan-09-2025
On 6 January 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the 2025 version of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN)...
Read MoreUNECE Publishes ADR 2025: Key Updates to Dangerous Goods Transport Regulations
Jan-09-2025
On 2 January 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the 2025 version of the Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) on its...
Read MoreICCA Launches Plastics Additives Database to Enhance Transparency and Safety in the Plastic Industry
On 25 November 2024, the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) launched the first version of its Plastics Additives Database, aiming to enhance transparency and provide essential health and safety information...
Read MoreNew International Proposal Targets Hazardous Chemicals in Plastics to Fight Pollution
A groundbreaking proposal to establish strict criteria and lists for chemicals of concern in plastics was launched by Norway, the Cook Islands and Rwanda ahead of INC-4 (the fourth session of...
Read MoreStockholm Convention Review Committee calls for information on Persistent Organic Pollutants
On 25 October 2023, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention, issued a call for information on a number of proposed persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in advance...
Read MoreMinamata Convention COP-5: Important steps towards eliminating mercury pollution
At the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention (COP-5), significant progress was made by adopting 21 decisions to further protect human health and the environment...
Read MoreReview Committee Recommends Two Chemical Groups for Elimination under UN Stockholm Convention
Oct-19-2023
The 19th assembly of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-19), presided over by Dr. Peter Dawson of New Zealand, convened at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
Read MoreThe release of the "Zero Draft" brings the Global Plastics Treaty closer
On the 4th of September 2023, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released what is known as the “Zero Draft” of the forthcoming Global Plastics Treaty. The draft was prepared by...
Read MoreUN countries add 3 substances to Annex A of the Stockholm Convention
At the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention on 5 May 2023, more than 120 countries agreed to add 2 plastic chemicals and one...
Read MoreUN Publishes the Tenth Revised Edition of GHS
On 27 July 2023, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the 10th revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS10). The publication...
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