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Happy New
Year! We begin the year with a new-look newsletter packed with
news and information for you.
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EU Exit Workability Forum
Advocacy, Regulatory & Communications
Committee,
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Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport
Forum policy conference
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The ‘Comply with UK REACH’
system is live and can be used to fulfil transitional
provisions and create new registrations.
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Information
companies placing hazardous mixtures on the UK market (such as
manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors)
should submit to the National Poisons Information Service. Guidance
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HSE virtual events on regulating chemicals now
available on YouTube
HSE and Defra hosted a virtual stakeholder event
on 16 December covering actions businesses need to take when
the UK Transition ends and how the new GB regulatory regime for
chemicals may impact their work.
Or watch the YouTube video on a specific regime:
· BPR
· CLP
· PIC
· PPP
· REACH
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UKCPI EU Exit Workability Forum this week
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UKCPI members are invited to join our first EU
Exit Workability Forum
on Wednesday 13 January 2021 at 11am. The meeting
is open to all UKCPI member companies and will focus on
members' experiences on leaving the EU regarding the UK (GB and
NI) regulatory regimes for CLP, BPR, Detergents and REACH.
Wednesday 13 January 2021 at 11am (Zoom open from
10:45)
Meeting ID: 870 0217 4047
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Briefing on the UKCA Mark
The presentation on the UKCA Mark, from
the BEIS Office of Product Safety & Standards covers the
changes from the CE mark and Reversed Epsilon on products after
the UK exits the EU and is replaced by the UKCA or UKNI mark.
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The most up to date guidance on how businesses
based in Great Britain and Northern Ireland can prepare for the
end of the transition period is available on the following HSE
webpages:
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Biocides -
Authorisation of biocidal substances and products
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CLP - Classification,
labelling and packaging of substances and chemicals
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PIC - Prior informed
consent
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PPP - Pesticides or
Plant Protection Products
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REACH - Registration,
evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals
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The survey from
the Groceries Code Adjudicator is an opportunity to tell the
GCA about
current retailer practices and changes over the past 12 months.
It will
close on 21 February 2021.
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Limited spaces remain for free HSE webinars
HSE and DEFRA will be hosting a webinar on
Wednesday 20 January 2021, which will open from 10:00am to
ensure attendees have enough time to join the platform. The
event will start at 10:15am and finish by 1pm.
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HSE chemicals podcasts now available
HSE's Working with Chemicals podcast series
provides information on how chemicals will be regulated.
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The CMA will investigate how products and services
claiming to be 'eco-friendly' are being marketed, and whether
consumers could be being misled. UKCPI has responded to the
consultation, referencing the Green Claims Guidance,
produced at the invitation of DEFRA by UKCPI.
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The December newsletter from
A.I.S.E. covers the latest news from the International
Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products.
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Cleaning
will remain crucial post-Covid, stocks to benefit
The Covid-19 pandemic has made cleaning cool: From the
rise of social media influencers sharing their
scrubbing techniques to slickly marketed partnerships
between airlines and disinfectant experts, suddenly
something that was once taken for...
Read more
www.barrons.com
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Brexit
'question of damage limitation' for chemicals
While avoiding quotas and a £1bn annual hit in tariffs
is a relief to the chemicals industry, the CEO of the
UK's CIA trade body said the devil is in the detail in
around the rules of origin.
Read more
www.icis.com
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Governments
and industry join forces on packaging
The UK Government and the Devolved Administrations are
joining forces with three industry bodies to help
co-design a key part of the new Extended Producer
Responsibility (EPR) system.
Read more
incpen.org
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A
Clean Commitment
In a pandemic, clean matters more than ever; which
explains the gains in fabric care sales during the past
year.
Read more
www.happi.com
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Cutting
the CO₂ out of cleaning at
Unilever
Cleaning product makers have been chipping away at
their carbon footprints for years by trimming
packaging, increasing biobased ingredient content, and
lowering recommended temperatures for product use.
Unilever is now upping the ante.
Read more
cen.acs.org
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Christeyns
UK MD Garthwaite retires
Bradford based Christeyns UK managing director Nick
Garthwaite is retiring from his role at the specialist
hygiene chemical manufacturer after 10 years at the
helm.
Read more
www.laundryandcleaningtoday...
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INEOS
Hygienics releases touchless sanitizer dispensers
INEOS Hygienics has launched a new range of touchless
sanitiser dispensers for the home and workplace.
Read more
packagingeurope.com
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Unilever
cleans using seaweed
Unilever is investing millions in seaweed: the FMCG
producer is developing cleaning agents with algae and
wants to use them to create self-cleaning surfaces. The
creator of products such as Cif and Dove believes it to
be a promising market.
Read more
www.retaildetail.eu
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Bleach-alternative
disinfectants may pollute indoor air
Cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based
disinfectants has the potential to pollute the air and
pose a health risk, according to research led by
University of Saskatchewan (USask).
Read more
www.eurekalert.org
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Sincerely, Charlotte Salter, UKCPI
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