Assessing mechanical hazards of children’s clothing
According to an inspection campaign conducted by the FPS Economy in Belgium in 2020, nearly four in five children's clothing items that were examined did not comply with safety regulations.
OVAM sets to work on study carried out by Centexbel
On 15 March 2021, OVAM (the Flemish Public Waste Society) published the study conducted for it by Centexbel-VKC on the use of plastic recyclates in construction applications.
The Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen project “Duratex” developed a dirt repellent and antimicrobial textile for durable applications in construction and architecture.
Tracing chemicals of very high concern in products
The industry can submit information on substances of very high concern in their articles to ECHA's SCIP database. The aim is to make product recycling safer and improve information on hazardous chemicals in products.
Centexbel-VKC, the Belgian competence centre of textiles and plastics, and the Belgian Quality Association (BQA) established a consortium PolyCert Europe in partnership with the industry associations ECRA, EuPC and ESWA.
