Phillipines adopts General Standard for Food Additives

Following an EU-wide pledging campaign as part of the European Plastics Strategy, today the European Commission has given a preliminary assessment which shows that EU industry is significantly committed to recycling plastics - at least 10 million tons of recycled plastics could be supplied by 2025 if the pledges are fully delivered. However, on the...

The Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation (the "Ministry") has published Environmental Labelling Regulation (the "Regulation") in the Official Gazette numbered 30570 and dated 19 October 2018.The Regulation aims to promote the use of products and services with reduced environmental impact as well as increase the share of such domestic products i...

This Draft Uganda Standard prescribes the performance requirement for thermoplastic material which have been melted and applied on road surfaces by spray, screed or extruded.Draft Text 1 is available for download in the following languages: English

If you live in or visit California, you may have noticed that nearly every building has a sign that reads, “Warning: This area contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.” These warning signs are the product of California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Environment Act of 1986, better known as Proposition...

The revised Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (K-REACH) was promulgated as Law No.15844 on Oct 16th, 2018 (CL news). The new requirements will come into force on Jan 1st, 2019.To facilitate the smooth implementation of the revised K-REACH, South Korea's National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) issued a notice cons...