By Peter Davys, Orrest
Nothing has changed in the past 30 Years with regard to waste paint. Starting my career, an apprenticeship gave the chance to gain firsthand experience of waste paint in industry from a very early start .
REACHing Safe Use of Chemicals
- In: Paint and Coatings
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By Lisa Allen, REACHReady Technical Manager
Understanding REACH
The Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) regulation has been in force since 2007. Its overarching aim is to improve environmental and human health protection from the risks of chemicals. It is important that all manufacturers, importers and downstream users of chemicals are fully aware of the impact that this European Regulation has on their business.
Modification and Consistency - about the sustainability factor of raw materials and products in eco paints
- In: Paint and Coatings
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By Bryan Roe
A patent on the creation of substances
For millions of years, the patent on the creation of substances was owned by nature. All mineral or organic matter emerged without the initiative of the creatures that populated the world. Even the rising awareness of the self, several thousand years ago, did not change that: The early conscious human being’s ability to create new substances by way of chemical change was confined to very simple modifications, mainly by heating.
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