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Europe aims to extend REACH
At the i-SUP 2008 show, Kurt Vandenberghe, chief of staff to European Commissioner Potocnik, gave a provisional overview of the upcoming European regulations for sustainable production processes. The Commission wants the REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) programme to be extended. With REACH, only finished products are evaluated, not the production processes that result in the final chemical product. Now, the Commission wants to go further and subject the entire production process, in the chemical industry and beyond, to a regulatory framework in which processes and ... |
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Satellite helps make transportation of dangerous waste safer
A new tracking system is making use of satellite navigation data to ensure safe roads in Europe. Developed by an Italian company in the Italian Lombardy region, the system monitors daily the displacement of 200 containers carrying industrial waste on 100 trucks. The transportation of dangerous industrial waste from its originating source to the site where it will be treated is increasing every year. Trucks carrying the waste-filled containers typically travel through several European countries for two to three days. For security reasons, and to ensure that all the waste arrives where it is intended ... |
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