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As part of the European Union (EU) Waste Framework Directive (WFD) (2008/98/EC), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has built a database for storing safe-use information for substances of very high concern (SVHCs) present in articles placed on the market in the EU. It is referred to as the Substances of Concern In articles, as such or in complex objects (Products) (SCIP) database.
The EU WFD and SCIP database add to existing reporting requirements managed under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation; the same companies are in scope. The ECHA has outlined three goals for the database:
The SCIP database improves safety for waste operators and enhances their ability to process waste materials, including the potential to remove hazardous substances from materials before recycling, by providing the necessary information about hazardous substances. This increased transparency also aids consumers in making responsible purchasing decisions and disposing of waste safely, where appropriate.
Companies must provide sufficient information to allow for the safe use and disposal of articles when SVHC concentration is above threshold. This information should:
Companies placing products on the EU market must make submissions to the database for any article that contains SVHCs. This includes companies based both within and outside of the U.S. Retailers are not in scope, but the distributors they purchase from are. Any company may submit voluntarily.
While manufacturers or sellers outside the EU that do not place products on the market are not directly responsible for reporting, it is important to collect and manage this information to support importers or other actors who are in scope. The deadline for making submissions to the database is on January 5, 2021.
Assent’s EU WFD Module offers a range of benefits for companies, including: