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A code of practice (CoP) has been issued for those in the textile industry using the flame retardant Deca Bromo Diphenyl Ether (DecaBDE). The aim is to ensure improved control of site emissions of DecaBDE so that the low levels already being traced in the environment do not increase in future. The risk assessment for DecaBDE was finalised at a meeting of all EU Member States at the end of May 2004, after 10 years of scientific assessment. The conclusions were that it did not present any risks for the environment of human health in all the measures of the process, and hence no restrictions were placed on its future use. The European textile industry, represented by EURATEX, and the flame retardant industry, represented by EFRA, committed at a EU meeting to implementing the CoP. It offers at this time a chance to make our ways of working with DecaBDE acceptable to the regulatory process. Now, for the first time, a single chemical, DecaBDE, will be assessed by companies using it in both formulation and processing in textiles. The TFA (Textile Finishers Association) will collate this data and issue a report. The major issues identified in the Risk Assessment (RA) will be addressed so that a high degree of certainty will exist about how much is used and how much enters specific waste streams. Part of the data gathering will also identify just how much for DecaBDE-treated textiles are offered as suitable for washing or dry cleaning in use. Further information on the DecaBDE Code of Practice for the Textiles Industry are available on www.bsef.org.
A code of practice (CoP) has been issued for those in the textile industry using the flame retardant Deca Bromo Diphenyl Ether (DecaBDE). The aim is to ensure improved control of site emissions of DecaBDE so that the low levels already being traced in the environment do not increase in future. The risk assessment for DecaBDE was finalised at a meeting of all EU Member States at the end of May 2004, after 10 years of scientific assessment. The conclusions were that it did not present any risks for the environment of human health in all the measures of the process, and hence no restrictions were placed on its future use. The European textile industry, represented by EURATEX, and the flame retardant industry, represented by EFRA, committed at a EU meeting to implementing the CoP. It offers at this time a chance to make our ways of working with DecaBDE acceptable to the regulatory process. Now, for the first time, a single chemical, DecaBDE, will be assessed by companies using it in both formulation and processing in textiles. The TFA (Textile Finishers Association) will collate this data and issue a report. The major issues identified in the Risk Assessment (RA) will be addressed so that a high degree of certainty will exist about how much is used and how much enters specific waste streams. Part of the data gathering will also identify just how much for DecaBDE-treated textiles are offered as suitable for washing or dry cleaning in use. Further information on the DecaBDE Code of Practice for the Textiles Industry are available on www.bsef.org.
Industry's new code of practice
Neue Richtlinie der europäishen Textilindustrie zur Verwendung des Flammschutzmittels Deca Bromo Diphenyl Ether (DecaBDE)
Wragg, Peter (author)
International Dyer ; 189 ; 9-12
2004
3 Seiten, 4 Bilder
Article (Journal)
English
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