INDUSTRY NERVES SHOW AS REACH DEADLINE LOOMS
October 1st, 2012
BY ALAN OSBORN
THERE is mounting criticism of the European Union's chemicals registration policy REACH ahead of the 31 May 2013 deadline to register all phase-in substances made or imported in the EU at or more than 100 tonnes a year.
Despite more than five years of fine tuning since phase one of REACH (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) came into force, it remains a source of discontent throughout the plastics supply chain.
Sandra Bohnert, communications manager of PlasticsEurope, the Brussels based 'official' voice of ...
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