BIVDA is a member of the Joint Trade Association who work on aspects such as the WEEE compliance scheme. As part of the WEEE compliance fee, some money is provided to Material Focus to promote the wider recycling of electrical waste in the UK. As part of the campaign, the Pink HypnoCat seen on billboards and TV adverts will be…
Ben KempSeptember 25, 2025
The Scottish Government has released the 'Public bodies climate change duties - draft statutory guidance: consultation analysis - final report', which can be found here.
Ben KempSeptember 25, 2025
The European Council released a “statement of intent” committing to set a 2035 emissions reduction target for the EU prior to the COP30 international climate conference in November, shortly after lawmakers acknowledged that they will miss the end-of-September deadline to submit its goal at the conference, as required by the Paris Agreement, as member states have not yet bridged disagreements…
Ben KempSeptember 25, 2025
ECHA public consultations: call for comments The Great Britain Mandatory Classification and Labelling (GB MCL) process includes the consideration of information gathered from public consultations, conducted by HSE or international bodies such as the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). ECHA has announced public consultations on the following proposals for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH): Deadline: 31 October 2025 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl peroxyneodecanoate (EC: 257-077-0;…
Ben KempSeptember 25, 2025
Get ready for changes to how we regulate water If you have an authorisation to carry out activities in, on, or near to water, or to discharge to the water environment, you’re likely to have a CAR authorisation under the Water Environment (Controlled Activities)(Scotland) Regulations 2011 (CAR). This could either be a licence or a registration, or your activity might be covered by…
Ben KempSeptember 25, 2025
Please see MedTech Europe Update below, if your impacted by these changes please let me know at regulatory@bivda.org.uk With this email, we would like to inform you about the latest chemicals developments at ECHA and kindly ask you to indicate if any of the following impacts your company by 24 September. Please note that the substances highlighted in yellow are…
Ben KempSeptember 22, 2025
ECHA CHEM now includes regulatory data on chemicals Our new chemicals database, ECHA CHEM, has been expanded and it now incorporates regulatory processes and lists from following chemicals regulations and directives: REACH Regulation Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation Drinking Water Directive Join our webinar on 23 September 2025 at 11:00-12:00 Helsinki time, to learn about the…
Ben KempSeptember 22, 2025