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5. Alignment of criteria setting with REACH and CLP in Europe; this should includeconsideration of the effect of FRs being chemically and physically bound intomaterials rather than based on free molecule hazard assessments.6. Regular review of the criteria to keep pace with hazard and risk informationdevelopments under REACH and CLP. FR chemicals should not be used in ecolabelproducts unless they have adequate toxicity data to ensure that no classification isrequired in respect of the specific risk phrases listed in the ecolabel. Absence of dataand absence of classification should not mean that an FR is acceptable.7. Include a fire retardancy criterion to ensure the fire performance of products is notcompromised.P a g e 5 |
1 ContextObjectivesThis project was commissioned by Defra as part of the Sustainable Consumption andProduction programme 1 to support work on EU Ecolabels and Green Public Procurement.The aim was to review the available technologies for achieving fire retardant properties inkey product groups, and to determine best practice for achieving appropriate safetystandards with minimal environmental impact. In the context of current Ecolabel practice thisrelates to minimal environmental “hazard and risk” impact.The objectives were to:1. Provide a summary of the legislative landscape and how it has changed (includingUK, EU and US developments, and covering both fire safety requirements andrestrictions on substances used).2. Provide a UK and EU market analysis to provide an insight into the key technologiescurrently used in different products in the UK and EU and emerging trends.3. Undertake a review of latest scientific knowledge and risk assessment conclusions ofthe hazardous nature of fire retardants.4. Undertake a review of alternative approaches to fire retardancy, including reactivetechnologies and physical barriers / use of naturally fire retardant materials, togetherwith an indication of relative costs of the different approaches.5. Provide a recommendation, for each key product group, of the fire retardancyapproach with the best performance in terms of environmental impact. This would beaccompanied by an assessment of the level to which this optimum approach isalready employed by industry and, if applicable, the ease with which it could be takenup by the mass market and associated costs.6. In the light of the study findings, review whether the latest criteria set under the EUEcolabel for (a) Textiles and (b) Bed Mattresses are fit for purpose and achievable byUK companies, and recommend overarching principles for how criteria should be seton fire retardancy in future development of standards for these and for other productgroups.Scope of the projectThe scope of the project relates to a selected group of products in consumer use andappropriate public use, the types of technology that can confer fire retardancy and how thisis influenced by geographical differences in regulation and legislation with a focus on the UK,Europe and the United States.The study focused on the following consumer products:1 www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/scp/index.htm.P a g e 6 |
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