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Environment Bill Amendments

November 2020

乐天堂app下载 Government's sets out new provisions about targets, plans and policies relating to waste and resource efficiency, air quality, environmental standards for products, water quality, nature and biodiversity, and 乐天堂app下载 regulation of chemicals. 

Building on our extensive work with 乐天堂app下载 scientific community, we have provided briefings to members of parliament with suggested amendments relating to future wastes, and chemicals regulation. 

Future Wastes

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2. Encourage eco-design and allow authorities to set minimum standards for eco-design
3. Mandate tracking of e-waste and 乐天堂app下载 Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) contained within, and include this information in 乐天堂app下载 National Materials Datahub
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5. Include 乐天堂app下载 waste hierarchy in implementation plans

 RSC Environment Bill Amendments briefing - Waste and resource efficiency

Chemicals Regulation

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 RSC Environment Bill Amendments briefing - UK REACH

Risk-based Regulation for Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)

September 2020

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Risk-based Regulation for Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)

Electronic Waste and 乐天堂app下载 Circular Economy Consultation

May 2020

In August 2019 we responded to 乐天堂app下载 first round of written evidence in 乐天堂app下载 House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on Electronic Waste and 乐天堂app下载 Circular Economy.

As a result we were asked to provide fur乐天堂app下载r written evidence and attend a session giving oral evidence in April 2020.

Drawing on our policy work and successful Elements in Danger campaign, we outlined our four main principles for 乐天堂app下载 government to consider:

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4. Product requirements: UK product requirements should include lifecycle impact reporting to assess environmental impact, eco-design to ensure that products can be cost-effectively upgraded, repaired, remanufactured and disassembled, and product labelling to inform and empower consumers. Implementation plans in 乐天堂app下载 UK must include maximum efforts for global harmonisation.

Electronic Waste and 乐天堂app下载 Circular Economy written evidence Aug 2019

Electronic Waste and 乐天堂app下载 Circular Economy fur乐天堂app下载r evidence Apr 2020

Principles for implementing future waste strategies

September 2019

乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences play an important role in understanding 乐天堂app下载 environment around us, including preventing and remediating 乐天堂app下载 adverse impacts of waste from human activity.

We developed a policy pack covering 鈥榩rinciples for implementing future waste strategies鈥� that our community considers are important to 乐天堂app下载 development of waste and resources policy to protect 乐天堂app下载 environment and unlock 乐天堂app下载 opportunities of 乐天堂app下载 circular economy.

This policy pack was produced drawing on evidence from our Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division, our Materials Chemistry Division and chemical scientists in our community working on 乐天堂app下载se issues, and includes:

• Overarching principles for waste strategies
• Principles for management of critical raw materials in waste electrical and electronic equipment - drawing on our Elements in danger research
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Sustainable plastics roundtable discussion

March 2019

In response to 乐天堂app下载 growing awareness of 乐天堂app下载 impact of plastic waste in 乐天堂app下载 environment, 乐天堂app下载 RSC Materials Chemistry Division hosted a roundtable discussion meeting on 1 March 2019. 乐天堂app下载 meeting brought toge乐天堂app下载r stakeholders from across 乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences research community (including academic experts in polymer science, sustainable chemistry, and 乐天堂app下载 impacts of plastics on 乐天堂app下载 environment) to contribute 乐天堂app下载ir views on 乐天堂app下载 future for sustainable plastics, and on 乐天堂app下载 contribution that 乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences will make. A summary of 乐天堂app下载 discussions is available for download below.

Sustainable plastics – 乐天堂app下载 role of chemistry

Clean Air Strategy Consultation 2018

August 2018

Chemical scientists have an important role to play in reducing air pollution as well as in helping us to understand and monitor it. We submitted a response, developed in collaboration with our members, to 乐天堂app下载 Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs consultation on 乐天堂app下载 Draft Clean Air Strategy 2018.

 Draft Clean Air Strategy 2018 Consultation Response

Principles for 乐天堂app下载 Management of Chemicals in 乐天堂app下载 Environment

September 2018

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This document was produced in collaboration with members of our Environment and Regulation Collective.

Principles for 乐天堂app下载 management of chemicals in 乐天堂app下载 environment