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6th FSP Meeting

Presented by: Stuart BlofeldSecretary - Flooring Sustainability Partnership

Date: 21/02/2012FLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.uk1

Welcome from Chairman FLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.uk2

IntroductionsFLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.uk3Agenda

WelcomeRichard Catt IntroductionsAll Minutes of 5th FSP Meeting Richard Catt Matters ArisingRichard Catt FREP Progress Report 2011 Member questionnaireStuart Blofeld The impact of REACH Regs on the Vinyl flooring Alan Best New ChairmanRichard Catt Secretariat 2012/13All Flooring Product Category RulesStuart Blofeld AOB Date of Next meetingFLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.uk4

5th FSP Meeting Minutes & Matters ArisingFLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.uk5

FREP Progress Report 2011 & FSP member questionnaire

Stuart BlofeldFLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.uk6As an existing FSP member how important do you view its role (in improving resource efficiency and reducing waste) across the flooring industry? Do you believe your business/organisation has benefited from being a member of FSP? Can you provide any specific examples where you have benefited.Has being a member of the FSP led to any changes to your business practices in how you deal with and/or address waste issues in your sector? Can you please provide specific details of what actions your company taken during 2011 to address waste issues within the flooring sector?Are there any specific projects delivered in the past year that would make a good case study that could be featured in the TREP 2011 progress report?Do you have any quantifiable data on the reductions in flooring waste arisings achieved in 2011, and/or decreases in flooring waste sent to landfill? Do you have any specific plans for 2012 to tackle flooring waste within your sector?Do you have any other comments or issues that you would like captured that could inform the 2011 FSP Progress Report, or other areas FSP should consider in its future work programme?

FSP member questionnaire

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The impact of REACH Regs on the Vinyl flooring sector and recycling

Alan BestFLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.uk8REACH AND THE VINYL SECTOR

9REACH Registration Evaluation and Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals some principlesREACH sets out to impose on the whole industrial supply chain from producer to downstream user, the same basic environmental and human health regulations as pharmaceuticals and pesticides.REACH sets out to systematically assess the safety of chemicals to ensure that their risks are fully understood and managed and to encourage the substitution and innovation of those that are hazardous and for which they may be better alternatives!1010REACHAdministered by ECHA Helsinki, HSE - UKPre-registrations They thought 100-500,00030,000 substancesActual 2.75 million pre-registrations140,000 substances 60,000 companiesSIEFSegTitanium Dioxide 3000 membersCost to industry15p to 1/kilo11REACHSUBSTANCES OF VERYHIGH CONCERNSVHCS12REACH Substances of Very High ConcernSVHCsPersistent, Bioaccumulative and ToxicVery Persistent and very BioaccumulativeCarcinogenic, Mutagenic, disruptors of Reproduction category1&2Or of equivalent concern1313Substances of Very High ConcernSVHCs per February 2012Candidate list for authorisation by ECHA (currently 73 chemicals)

Registry of intentions for Annex XV dossiers Submitted SVHC proposal intentions Current SVHC proposal intentions Most low molecular weight phthalates e.g DEHP, DBP, DIBP and BBP severe restriction on their use imposed particularly childrens toys

1414REACH AND WASTE:In general recovered polymer collected and sorted from a waste stream and blended or moulded via a manufacturing process to produce an article such as playground furniture is not required to register under REACH legal requirements. However, if such an article contains an SVHC then this must be notified to the ECHA if: the article contains more than 0.1% of an SVHC and the volumes produced/imported are greater that one tonne of that SVHC per annum NEED TO INFORM CUSTOMERSubstances on the candidate list on 1 December 2010 had to be notified to the ECHAno later than1 June 2011. Substances placed on the candidate after 1 December 2010 must be notified within 6 months of the article being put on the candidate list. Notification is free

15PVC

A REVOLUTIONARY IMPACT PARTICULARY ON PLUMBING AND MUNICIPAL WASTE

CHEMICAL RESISTANCELIGHT WEIGHTLOW COSTConstantly changingchemical picture16

17oilEthyleneSaltChlorineVinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM)Polyvinyl ChlorideAdditivesFabricated ArticlePVCManufacturingprocess18oilEthyleneSaltChlorineVinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM)Polyvinyl ChlorideAdditivesFabricated ArticlePVCManufacturingprocess19PVC Health and Safety IssuesVinyl Chloride Monomer is a known carcinogen which has affected workers vinyl chloride diseaseOrganochlorines are Persistent Organic Pollutants -POPs Products of incineration of finished product and manufacturing bi-products can include dioxins e.g. ethylene dioxide tars incineration at sea banned 91Additives include heavy metals and potential endocrine disruptors eg phthalate esters.To some extent balanced by a contribution to safe handling of sewage in non developed countries.

20PVC and other Organochlorines

21Persistent orgnanochlorine compounds detected in mothers milk e.g

HCB (Hexachlorobenzene) Fungicide carcinogen

HCH(hexachlorocyclohexane) Insecticide - liver and kidney toxin.

DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) Pesticide- Suspected toxic to humans and suspect carcinogen.

PBDE polybrominated diphenyl ether fire retardant linked to autism

PCDD/PCDF (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDFs)- dioxinlike toxic

PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) widely used fire retardant, pvc stabiser. Banned and toxic

Health Risks from organochorine products POPS - Persitent Organic Pollutants22

Off Gassing Chemicals VOCs detected in buildings at levels higher than external airformaldehydenonanaltrimethylbenzenedecanalDiethyl phthalateDibutyl phthalatexyleneFlooring and the indoor air quality

POPs23Dioxins The most toxic dioxin is TCDD and most of the available data refer to this compound Emits toxic fumes of hydrogen chloride and chlorine when heated to decomposition or on exposure to UV light TCDD is classified as a causing cancer in humans TCDD produces a range of toxic effects on reproduction relating to both fertility and developmental toxicity

Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin24

SOURCES OF DIOXINSPolychlorinated dibenzodioxins(PCDDs)natural sources such as volcanoes and forest fires as with radiation which occurs naturally it doesnt mean we should release any more of it for the planet to cope with.by-products in the manufacture of some Organochlorines Largest is PVC others from process- tetrafluoroethanewhich is used in the manufacture of Teflon and similar stain repellent - long chain fluoropolymers withdrawnincineration of chlorine-containing substances such as PVCchlorine bleaching of paperManufactured as herbicidal warfare chemical Agent Orange

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SOME MAJOR DIOXINS INCIDENTSPolychlorinated dibenzodioxins(PCDDs)1949 Monsanto Virginia1963 Philips Duphar plant Amsterdam1965 68 Spolana Neratovice plant Czechoslovakia1976 Seveso Italy Seveso Directive1978 Love Canal Niagra Falls1982 85 Times Beach, Missouri1999 Dioxin Crisis in Belgium2001 World Trade Centre2008 Irish Pork Crisis

26Dioxins and other Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are subject to the 2004 Stockholm Convention

The treaty obliges signatories to take measures to eliminate where possible, and minimize where not possible to eliminate, all sources of dioxin

International Response to Dioxin Contamination Incidents27PVC ADDITIVES

28PVC ADDITIVESHeat Stabilisers LEAD, CADMIUM PREVENT LOSS OF HCLUV StabilisersLubricantsProcessing AidsImpact modifiersThermal modifiersFillersFlame retardantsBiocides e.g phenolsBlowing agentsSmoke suppressorsPigmentsPLASTICISERS - PHTHALATES

29PHTHALATE ESTERSLOW MOLECULAR WEIGHTE.g DEHP, REACH SVHC WITHDRAWN by2015Being phased out by pvc industryHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT being phased inSaid to be positive regarding SAFE use and all REACH registered (no choice in the matter)DINP REACH RESTRICTED LISTTOXICITY TRIALS LIMITED TO SHORT TERM STUDIES e.g 90 day and 130 day studies.Long term study results awaited30ECHA considers that the available new information with regard to hazards and uses of and exposure to DINP does not bring a new perspective to the assessments which were carried out in the past and used as a basis for the current restrictions on DINP.

Even though further in-depth assessment of the currently available information, and potentially further new information, would be needed to draw firm conclusions on the exact level of risks from certain uses of DINP, this information does not indicate the need for an urgent re-examination of the existing restriction on DINP.

Therefore, ECHA suggests to wait for all the registration dossiers to be submitted for DINP by the first registration deadline, after which the Commission may decide whether specific aspects of these registration dossier(s) should be assessed to confirm or contest the conclusion of this review, that there is no need to re-examine the current restriction..................................

REACH AND DINP31ChemSecSIN LISTEuropean Chemicals Pressure Groups

32The SIN LISTSubstitute it NowA growing list of 378 chemicals that Chemsec is urging governments to phase out through REACH Legislation which it claims is moving too slowly.Chemsecs board are WWF, Swedish Society for Natural Conservation, Friends of the Earth, Nature and YouthFunded by Swedish Govt. John Merck Fund, Swedish EPA, German EPA, European Parliament, Sigrid Rausing Trust, Greenpeace

33The SIN LISTSubstitute it NowSupporting Companies Actively Following the SIN List SVHCB & QBOOTSDELLLOREALNOKIASARA LEESKANSKAERICKSSONIKEAH & MELECTROLUX

34How does the recycler look for phthalates on the REACH SVHC OR SIN LIST?Potential research project with the REACH Centre Lancaster University for a practical analytical tool which can be used by recycling contractors35The REACH Centre Lancaster University- Jonathan Lutwyche CEOThe REACH Centre are aiming to producing a simple, cost effective test for the identification of phthalates contained in plastic components. A program of work has been developed in which a combination of 'lab-on-a-chip' technology and efficient chemical methodology will be co-developed to provide a novel semi-quantitative analytical protocol for phthalate detection. By achieving this, The REACH Centre and collaborating bodies will be able to develop a world leading position in the testing and management of phthalates.

36The REACH Centre Lancaster University- Jonathan Lutwyche CEOPhthalates esters (usually referred to as phthalates) belong to a group of man-made chemical substances that are used as plasticisers in polymers, primarily PVC, where levels can be as high as 40 50% by weight. Phthalates are endocrine disruptors and have been implicated in a variety of health problems. Four of them in particular (DEHP, DBP, DIBP and BBP) have been placed on various substances of concern lists around the world and severe restrictions on their use, particularly in textiles, flooring and childrens toys, are being imposed.Full-scale testing can be an expensive activity, especially in cases where a particular product or component is obtained from several different suppliers. An inexpensive in-field screening protocol would provide a mechanism to reduce the requirement for full analytical testing by identifying those cases where it is necessary and those where it is not.The REACH Centre are aiming to producing a simple, cost effective test for the identification of phthalates contained in plastic components. A program of work has been developed in which a combination of 'lab-on-a-chip' technology and efficient chemical methodology will be co-developed to provide a novel semi-quantitative analytical protocol for phthalate detection. By achieving this, The REACH Centre and collaborating bodies will be able to develop a world leading position in the testing and management of phthalates.During 2011, practical work on the development of this new approach to testing of phthalates in plastics commenced. Initial studies were carried out to assess the impact of solvent, temperature, time and sample particle size on extraction efficiency. The aim of this practical work was to identify the mildest and most benign experimental conditions under which phthalates can be extracted reliably from plastics. The conclusions of this work will be used to underpin the design of a new spot test for rapid and hopefully non-destructive testing of phthalates in articles. In addition to the practical work, a literature review was undertaken. The methodology for phthalate sequestration, hydrolysis and complexation have all been investigated with a view to developing a selective colorimetric response to phthalate esters.

The REACH Centre is now seeking collaborative partners and funding to progress the work.

37FURTHER INFORMATIONALAN BEST REACH CENTRE LANCASTER UNIVERSITYREACH READYHSE38

New Chair Person & Secretariat 2012/13FLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.uk392012 Secretariat support

No.CompanyConfirmed 500 member fee1CRUK5002Recofloor (on behalf of Altro and Polyflor)5003Shaw Industries 5004Interface Europe 5005Headlam5006FeRFA 5007Karndean5008CFA5009Anglo Recycling5004,500FLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.ukFlooring Product Category Rules

Project: Produce Product Category Rules (PCRs) appropriate for recycling and recovery of post installation and post consumer flooring Will allow comparative Life Cycle Assessments to be carried out between different end of life processes on flooring waste materials e.g. impact of landfilling, vs energy from waste, vs recycling, vs reuse etc Draft Flooring PCR uidance to be complete 9th March 2012 for dissemination to FSP members

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AOB & Date of Next meeting

FLOORING SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP Email :blofelds@bre.co.uk www.flooringwaste.co.uk42Chart10.240.190.170.10.080.050.040.020.020.09

World UsageOf PVC40 MillionTonnesBy 2015Sales

Sheet1SalesPipes24%Films & Sheets19%Profiles & Tubing17%Wiring & Cables10%Bottles8%Flooring5%Coated Fabrics4%Moulded articles2%Records2%Miscellaneous9%