ROHS | EU Commission exempts lead for several applications

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled on Thursday (21 June) that Germany had breached EU law by allowing an excessive use of manure as a fertiliser, thus violating the limits set out in the EU’s nitrates directive which aims to reduce water pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources.“Manure doesn’t appear ou...

The European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials is scheduled to publish in the summer the result of two studies it has commisioned and that has now been finalised. The first report is a literature study on the uses and risks of nanomaterials as pigments in the European Union. The other report is a critical review of the relevance an...

An update to a standard on woven wire filter cloth (sometimes called Dutch weave) aims to better meet the needs of the filtration industry. Members of the ASTM International committee on particle and spray characterization (E29) changed the standard from a guide to a specification that notably includes material tolerances.Generally, filter cloth is...

<br class="k-br" />It is an essential part of most mobile gadgets sold around the world and demand for cobalt is soaring. But the process of extracting the mineral from the earth comes at a huge human cost. A Sky News investigation has found children as young as four working in dangerous and squalid conditions in cobalt mines in ...

As if we didn’t love LEGO enough already, the company is taking another big step to go green by setting a new goal to provide customers with 100 percent sustainable packaging.On the heels of LEGO’s new plan to produce their famous plastic bricks from plant-based materials, the company has just announced that they will be using 100 ...